Janesville-Beloit, WI Salaries

Highest published occupation medians in Janesville-Beloit, WI - BLS OEWS May 2025

Observed metro pay change

What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025

May 2024 → May 2025
  • BLS's published All Occupations median in Janesville-Beloit, WI moved from $47,410 in May 2024 to $48,390 in May 2025 (+2.1%).
  • Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
  • Janesville-Beloit, WI sits -1.0 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Janesville-Beloit, WI

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand publishes $44,590 here versus $40,240 nationally (+10.8%; 2,000metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $28,290 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-9.3%).

  1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$44,590 in Janesville-Beloit, WI sits 10.8% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (2,000 published local jobs).
  2. Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,290 in Janesville-Beloit, WI sits 9.3% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,150 published local jobs).

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Janesville-Beloit, WI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 27500 · Janesville-Beloit, WI $59K mean

MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST

  • MEAN-MID #235/528
  • RPP-LOW 93.7
  • OCC-MID 268 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Chief Executives · $219K
  • EMP-MIX General and…
  • TREND-INLINE -1.0 pp
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dubuque, IA
  • BOOK-MOST 267 rows · May 2025

Read with Dubuque, IA (+$3 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers

Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.

Published-row mean neighbourhood around Janesville-Beloit, WI

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KJanesville-Beloit, WI · this MSA: $59KJanesville-Beloit, WI · this…$59KDubuque, IA · near: $59KDubuque, IA · near$59KCasper, WY · near: $59KCasper, WY · near$59KGrand Forks, ND-MN · near: $59KGrand Forks, ND-MN · near$59KGreensboro-High Poin… · near: $59KGreensboro-High Poin… · near$59KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Janesville-Beloit, WI · this MSA $59K
Dubuque, IA · near $59K
Casper, WY · near $59K
Grand Forks, ND-MN · near $59K
Greensboro-High Poin… · near $59K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Employment scale inside Janesville-Beloit, WI's top-pay list

General and Operations Managers and Software Developers lead published employment inside Janesville-Beloit, WI's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. General and Operations Managers 830 jobs · $121,540
  2. 2. Software Developers 280 jobs · $105,670
  3. 3. Financial Managers 260 jobs · $138,360
  4. 4. Managers, All Other 250 jobs · $105,070
  5. 5. Construction Managers 220 jobs · $124,190
  6. 6. Sales Managers 200 jobs · $129,940
  7. 7. Medical and Health Services Managers 170 jobs · $127,450
  8. 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 160 jobs · $157,340
  9. 9. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $150,120
  10. 10. Lawyers 140 jobs · $110,380
  11. 11. Nurse Practitioners 120 jobs · $125,300
  12. 12. Chief Executives 100 jobs · $218,840
  13. 13. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 100 jobs · $123,000
  14. 14. Human Resources Managers 90 jobs · $139,360
  15. 15. Marketing Managers 90 jobs · $130,190
  16. 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 70 jobs · $144,070
  17. 17. Electrical Engineers 70 jobs · $107,140
  18. 18. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $135,830

Occupations Tracked

268

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$58,628

employment-weighted, 267 complete rows

Top Salary

$218,840

Chief Executives

Cost of Living

93.7

6% below US avg

Price-level adjustment: Dividing the derived published-row mean of $58,628 by the metro RPP gives $62,568 on a national-price basis. This is not an after-tax income or a personal cost-of-living result.

Highest Paying Jobs in Janesville-Beloit, WI

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Chief Executives $218,840
2 Dentists, General $208,000
3 Computer and Information Systems Managers $157,340
4 Pharmacists $150,120
5 Architectural and Engineering Managers $144,070
6 Human Resources Managers $139,360
7 Financial Managers $138,360
8 Physician Assistants $135,830
9 Marketing Managers $130,190
10 Sales Managers $129,940
11 Computer Network Architects $128,150
12 Medical and Health Services Managers $127,450
13 Nurse Practitioners $125,300
14 Construction Managers $124,190
15 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $123,000
16 General and Operations Managers $121,540
17 First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives $115,200
18 Personal Financial Advisors $113,480
19 Lawyers $110,380
20 Electrical Engineers $107,140
21 Software Developers $105,670
22 Veterinarians $105,410
23 Managers, All Other $105,070
24 Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers $103,560
25 First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers $102,360

Lowest Paying Jobs in Janesville-Beloit, WI

Occupation Median Salary
Bartenders $22,090
Driver/Sales Workers $22,830
Library Technicians $23,350
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers $25,790
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers $26,260
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop $26,450
Crossing Guards and Flaggers $28,060
Amusement and Recreation Attendants $28,070
Dishwashers $28,140
Fast Food and Counter Workers $28,290

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Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale

Two OEWS peer sets outside WI. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($58,628 here) and summed published employment.

Similar mean wage

Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.

Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average salary in Janesville-Beloit, WI? ▼
Across the 267 occupation rows for Janesville-Beloit, WI with both a published mean wage and employment estimate, weighting each mean by employment gives $58,628/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). The page has 268 occupations with a published median, a different denominator. This WageDex-derived benchmark is not a BLS-published All Occupations metro mean or median and does not state what a typical local worker earns. For contrast, averaging the medians of only the 25 highest-paying occupations gives $130,798, which describes the displayed top tier only.
Which published medians lead Janesville-Beloit, WI? ▼
Chief Executives holds the highest published median in Janesville-Beloit, WI at $218,840/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). Next is Dentists, General at $208,000/year. These are occupation medians for this metropolitan statistical area, not employer offers.
What is the cost of living in Janesville-Beloit, WI? ▼
Janesville-Beloit, WI has a Regional Price Parity of 93.7, meaning prices are 6% below the national average. Dividing the derived published-row mean of $58,628 by the RPP gives a national-price-equivalent benchmark of $62,568.
Where does BLS salary data for Janesville-Beloit, WI come from? ▼
All salary figures are Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 estimates for this metropolitan statistical area. OEWS surveys approximately 1.1 million business establishments. Medians and means on this page are the published occupation-level estimates for the area — not job-board scrapes or modeled employer offers.

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Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025. Cost-of-living index: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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