Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $21,270 here versus $35,230 nationally (-39.6%; 2,970metro-area jobs). Next is Bartenders at $22,820 locally versus $34,340 nationally (-33.5%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$21,270 in Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area sits 39.6% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,970 published local jobs).
- Bartenders$22,820 in Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area sits 33.5% below the national Bartenders median of $34,340 (2,650 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$84,320 in Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area sits 13.6% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,500 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,800 in Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area sits 10.9% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (5,290 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 5500002 · Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #312/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MOST 429 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $418K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Decatur, AL
- BOOK-FULL 426 rows · May 2025
Read with Decatur, AL (+$27 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Northeastern Wisconsin nonm…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Software Developers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 820 jobs · $111,200
- 2. Financial Managers 780 jobs · $130,440
- 3. Sales Managers 460 jobs · $124,810
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 410 jobs · $121,830
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 390 jobs · $123,540
- 6. Chief Executives 380 jobs · $158,570
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 370 jobs · $157,980
- 8. Lawyers 360 jobs · $126,290
- 9. Pharmacists 310 jobs · $150,700
- 10. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 270 jobs · $107,960
- 11. Dentists, General 240 jobs · $230,720
- 12. Physicians, All Other 230 jobs · $417,820
- 13. Physician Assistants 220 jobs · $127,900
- 14. Marketing Managers 190 jobs · $121,440
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 170 jobs · $135,560
- 16. Human Resources Managers 170 jobs · $125,490
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 160 jobs · $290,640
- 18. Veterinarians 100 jobs · $122,230
Occupations Tracked
429
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,494
employment-weighted, 426 complete rows
Top Salary
$417,820
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, 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 | Software Developers | $111,200 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $130,440 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $124,810 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $121,830 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $123,540 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $158,570 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $157,980 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $126,290 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $150,700 |
| 10 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $107,960 |
| 11 | Dentists, General | $230,720 |
| 12 | Physicians, All Other | $417,820 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $127,900 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $121,440 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $135,560 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $125,490 |
| 17 | Family Medicine Physicians | $290,640 |
| 18 | Veterinarians | $122,230 |
| 19 | Computer Network Architects | $129,900 |
| 20 | Actuaries | $121,680 |
| 21 | Optometrists | $142,280 |
| 22 | Purchasing Managers | $130,500 |
| 23 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $115,660 |
| 24 | Natural Sciences Managers | $109,300 |
| 25 | Sales Engineers | $112,220 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $21,270 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $22,360 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $22,550 |
| Bartenders | $22,820 |
| Gambling Dealers | $23,230 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $24,960 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $26,200 |
| Dishwashers | $26,330 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $26,430 |
| Parking Attendants | $27,670 |
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 ($56,494 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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