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.
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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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.