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

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$50,400	70	View salary detail
Gem and Diamond Workers	$50,400	70	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$50,390	4,690	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$50,360	780	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$50,320	170	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	$50,120	220	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$50,020	620	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$49,930	390	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$49,920	160	View salary detail
Etchers and Engravers	$49,800	100	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$49,780	190	View salary detail
Firefighters	$49,760	2,130	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$49,590	4,170	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$49,570	310	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$49,570	310	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,480	750	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$49,410	80	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$49,360	—	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$49,330	340	View salary detail
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$49,310	110	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$49,300	300	View salary detail
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,280	180	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$49,180	4,230	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$49,100	540	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$49,100	540	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$49,090	80	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,080	1,160	View salary detail
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic	$49,070	110	View salary detail
Parking Enforcement Workers	$49,060	80	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$49,060	900	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$48,900	350	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$48,890	90	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$48,880	830	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,870	1,120	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$48,750	410	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$48,680	1,930	View salary detail
Motorcycle Mechanics	$48,670	110	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,650	2,010	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$48,630	610	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$48,560	2,220	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$48,480	7,930	View salary detail
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$48,370	170	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$48,290	1,880	View salary detail
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$48,240	180	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$48,230	240	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,040	280	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$48,030	180	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$48,010	270	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,900	5,510	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$47,840	70	View 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.