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
Parts Salespersons	$46,400	170	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$46,260	1,000	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$46,200	240	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$46,180	120	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$46,120	40	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$46,030	620	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$46,020	30	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$46,020	30	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$46,020	30	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$46,020	30	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$45,810	50	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$45,700	200	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$45,590	130	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$45,570	40	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$45,560	710	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$45,530	70	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$45,450	40	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$45,200	110	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$45,190	100	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$45,110	80	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$45,100	190	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,100	100	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$45,090	50	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$44,660	1,170	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$44,520	80	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$44,440	60	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$44,120	180	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$44,040	300	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$43,660	710	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$43,640	250	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$43,460	1,840	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$43,460	1,840	View salary detail
File Clerks	$41,790	50	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$41,710	200	View salary detail
Library Assistants, Clerical	$40,630	30	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,580	160	View salary detail
Tire Repairers and Changers	$40,490	50	View salary detail
Tellers	$40,370	280	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$39,670	790	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$39,150	70	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$39,110	30	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$38,170	160	View salary detail
Recreation Workers	$38,030	80	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$38,000	430	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$37,580	30	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$37,070	110	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$37,000	470	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$36,830	70	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$36,830	70	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$36,830	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.