La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.8) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN moved from $48,060 in May 2024 to $48,260 in May 2025 (+0.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN sits -2.7 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.
Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
Cashiers publishes $30,900 here versus $32,880 nationally (-6.0%; 2,020metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $37,140 locally versus $35,800 nationally (+3.7%).
- Cashiers$30,900 in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN sits 6.0% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,020 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,140 in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN sits 3.7% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,130 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$34,090 in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN sits 3.7% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,290 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,300 in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN sits 2.8% above the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (2,100 published local jobs).
Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 29100 · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-BEHIND · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #220/528
- RPP-LOW 91.8
- OCC-MID 309 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $328K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-BEHIND -2.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Hagerstown-Marti…
- BOOK-FULL 309 rows · May 2025
Read with Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV (+$3 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
Where La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 370 jobs · $133,280
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 320 jobs · $126,880
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 240 jobs · $125,390
- 4. Sales Managers 220 jobs · $127,740
- 5. Pharmacists 210 jobs · $159,020
- 6. Industrial Production Managers 210 jobs · $118,770
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 200 jobs · $141,100
- 8. Construction Managers 190 jobs · $120,940
- 9. Chief Executives 150 jobs · $210,790
- 10. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 120 jobs · $121,780
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $160,540
- 12. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 110 jobs · $107,420
- 13. Human Resources Managers 100 jobs · $132,850
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 90 jobs · $327,890
- 15. Marketing Managers 90 jobs · $130,230
- 16. Dentists, General 80 jobs · $201,810
- 17. Electrical Engineers 70 jobs · $106,640
- 18. Nurse Anesthetists 60 jobs · $225,450
Occupations Tracked
309
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,198
employment-weighted, 309 complete rows
Top Salary
$327,890
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
91.8
8% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial Managers | $133,280 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $126,880 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $125,390 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $127,740 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $159,020 |
| 6 | Industrial Production Managers | $118,770 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $141,100 |
| 8 | Construction Managers | $120,940 |
| 9 | Chief Executives | $210,790 |
| 10 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $121,780 |
| 11 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,540 |
| 12 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $107,420 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $132,850 |
| 14 | Family Medicine Physicians | $327,890 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $130,230 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $201,810 |
| 17 | Electrical Engineers | $106,640 |
| 18 | Nurse Anesthetists | $225,450 |
| 19 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists | $126,960 |
| 20 | Computer Network Architects | $125,010 |
| 21 | Optometrists | $175,810 |
| 22 | Purchasing Managers | $127,280 |
| 23 | Natural Sciences Managers | $128,670 |
| 24 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $125,100 |
| 25 | Sales Engineers | $118,760 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $23,130 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,430 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $26,690 |
| Parking Attendants | $26,820 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,460 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $27,780 |
| Taxi Drivers | $27,920 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,280 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,380 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,590 |
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 ($59,198 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 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN at $327,890/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,198 adjusts to about $64,508 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.8. 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.