Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Milwaukee, WI

702 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Milwaukee, WI for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Business Continuity Planners$59,1704,730View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$58,940200View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$58,760510View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$58,75070View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$58,370300View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Preschool$58,32050View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$58,300920View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$57,7802,240View salary detail
Therapists, All Other$57,660150View salary detail
Music Therapists$57,660150View salary detail
Art Therapists$57,660150View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers$57,650150View salary detail
Construction Laborers$57,4304,740View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$57,300250View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$57,240250View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers$57,030710View salary detail
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators$56,890—View salary detail
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers$56,890—View salary detail
Massage Therapists$56,350440View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$56,3208,270View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners$56,090910View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$55,270430View salary detail
Sound Engineering Technicians$55,09030View salary detail
Credit Counselors$54,830230View salary detail
Counselors, All Other$54,77090View salary detail
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$54,68080View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$54,410920View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$53,9801,060View salary detail
Pourers and Casters, Metal$53,100100View salary detail
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film$52,920130View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Workers$52,85030View salary detail
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,180230View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians$52,020270View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other$52,000310View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$51,860890View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other$51,670110View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$51,440220View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists$51,3501,310View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$51,3501,310View salary detail
Patient Representatives$51,3501,310View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists$51,3501,310View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians$51,23050View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health$51,05090View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,9206,750View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,87080View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers$50,790140View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders$50,72040View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance$50,6201,140View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers$50,590780View salary detail
Tax Preparers$50,430440View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.