Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Wausau, WI

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Machinists	$53,680	360	View salary detail
Food Service Managers	$53,190	120	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$53,100	340	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$52,820	120	View salary detail
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$52,670	30	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$52,620	510	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$52,430	80	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$51,980	—	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$51,980	—	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$51,980	—	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$51,980	—	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$51,290	30	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$51,130	330	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$50,680	60	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$50,650	120	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$50,250	630	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$50,040	70	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$50,040	70	View salary detail
Carpenters	$49,990	370	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,890	70	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$49,090	430	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$48,880	600	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$48,790	70	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,660	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$48,640	60	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$48,560	1,090	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$48,270	30	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$48,200	100	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$48,200	100	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$48,200	100	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$48,200	100	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$47,930	90	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$47,870	510	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,850	540	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$47,680	—	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$47,670	150	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$47,660	40	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$47,660	60	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$47,640	50	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$47,500	180	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$47,440	100	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,370	360	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$47,000	590	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$46,890	70	View salary detail
Firefighters	$46,820	260	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$46,740	230	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$46,650	40	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$46,570	220	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$46,540	70	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,470	350	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.