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.
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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