Kenosha, WI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Kenosha, WI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Kenosha, WI moved from $47,590 in May 2024 to $48,310 in May 2025 (+1.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Kenosha, WI sits -1.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Stockers and Order Fillers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Kenosha, WI
Stockers and Order Fillers publishes $46,030 here versus $37,330 nationally (+23.3%; 2,530metro-area jobs). Next is Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $46,990 locally versus $40,240 nationally (+16.8%).
- Stockers and Order Fillers$46,030 in Kenosha, WI sits 23.3% above the national Stockers and Order Fillers median of $37,330 (2,530 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$46,990 in Kenosha, WI sits 16.8% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (5,420 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$29,070 in Kenosha, WI sits 6.8% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,120 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$33,580 in Kenosha, WI sits 5.2% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,280 published local jobs).
Stockers and Order Fillers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Kenosha, WI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 28450 · Kenosha, WI $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #216/528
- RPP-MID 101.1
- OCC-MID 266 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $364K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE -1.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Southwestern New…
- BOOK-MOST 260 rows · May 2025
Read with Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area ($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 Kenosha, WI
Employment scale inside Kenosha, WI's top-pay list
Software Developers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Kenosha, WI's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 410 jobs · $130,330
- 2. Financial Managers 260 jobs · $142,000
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 260 jobs · $118,990
- 4. Managers, All Other 240 jobs · $108,020
- 5. Sales Managers 200 jobs · $145,180
- 6. Medical and Health Services Managers 170 jobs · $122,610
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 140 jobs · $172,660
- 8. Pharmacists 140 jobs · $139,350
- 9. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $363,890
- 10. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $215,930
- 11. Lawyers 120 jobs · $108,420
- 12. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 100 jobs · $122,520
- 13. Computer Network Architects 90 jobs · $131,050
- 14. Marketing Managers 80 jobs · $144,840
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $139,120
- 16. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $133,330
- 17. Nurse Practitioners 80 jobs · $132,210
- 18. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $207,140
Occupations Tracked
266
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,265
employment-weighted, 260 complete rows
Top Salary
$363,890
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
101.1
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Kenosha, WI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $363,890 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $359,760 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $215,930 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $207,140 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $172,660 |
| 6 | Sales Managers | $145,180 |
| 7 | Marketing Managers | $144,840 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $142,000 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $139,350 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $139,120 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $135,800 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $133,330 |
| 13 | Nurse Practitioners | $132,210 |
| 14 | Computer Network Architects | $131,050 |
| 15 | Software Developers | $130,330 |
| 16 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $129,620 |
| 17 | Purchasing Managers | $128,410 |
| 18 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $128,090 |
| 19 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $122,610 |
| 20 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $122,520 |
| 21 | Industrial Production Managers | $118,990 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $110,990 |
| 23 | Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $110,770 |
| 24 | Lawyers | $108,420 |
| 25 | Managers, All Other | $108,020 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Kenosha, WI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $23,140 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,930 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $27,790 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,840 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,960 |
| Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | $28,990 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,070 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,100 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $29,480 |
| Animal Caretakers | $29,740 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in WI
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
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 ($59,265 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.
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How to use Kenosha, WI wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Kenosha, WI at $363,890/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,265 adjusts to about $58,610 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 101.1. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for WI before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.