Wausau, WI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Wausau, WI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Wausau, WI moved from $47,970 in May 2024 to $48,790 in May 2025 (+1.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Wausau, WI sits -1.4 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Wausau, WI
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators publishes $45,670 here versus $44,650 nationally (+2.3%; 2,110metro-area jobs).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,670 in Wausau, WI sits 2.3% above the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (2,110 published local jobs).
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Wausau, WI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 48140 · Wausau, WI $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #229/528
- RPP-LOW 92.7
- OCC-MID 268 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $364K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -1.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Eastern Oregon n…
- BOOK-MOST 265 rows · May 2025
Read with Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area ($9 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 Wausau, WI
Employment scale inside Wausau, WI's top-pay list
General and Operations Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Wausau, WI's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 810 jobs · $107,550
- 2. Financial Managers 300 jobs · $131,320
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $129,720
- 4. Sales Managers 190 jobs · $123,230
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 180 jobs · $125,550
- 6. Physicians, All Other 170 jobs · $364,260
- 7. Lawyers 150 jobs · $106,290
- 8. Pharmacists 130 jobs · $148,740
- 9. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $202,460
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 120 jobs · $129,620
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 100 jobs · $126,530
- 12. Physician Assistants 90 jobs · $129,980
- 13. Construction Managers 90 jobs · $106,480
- 14. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 90 jobs · $105,910
- 15. Nurse Anesthetists 70 jobs · $269,790
- 16. Dentists, General 70 jobs · $202,250
- 17. Human Resources Managers 70 jobs · $131,240
- 18. Personal Financial Advisors 70 jobs · $100,500
Occupations Tracked
268
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,745
employment-weighted, 265 complete rows
Top Salary
$364,260
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
92.7
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Wausau, WI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $364,260 |
| 2 | Nurse Anesthetists | $269,790 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $202,460 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $202,250 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $148,740 |
| 6 | Optometrists | $142,690 |
| 7 | Marketing Managers | $141,150 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $131,320 |
| 9 | Human Resources Managers | $131,240 |
| 10 | Physician Assistants | $129,980 |
| 11 | Nurse Practitioners | $129,720 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $129,620 |
| 13 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $126,530 |
| 14 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $125,550 |
| 15 | Sales Managers | $123,230 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $121,610 |
| 17 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists | $114,400 |
| 18 | General and Operations Managers | $107,550 |
| 19 | Construction Managers | $106,480 |
| 20 | Lawyers | $106,290 |
| 21 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $105,910 |
| 22 | Data Scientists | $104,420 |
| 23 | Facilities Managers | $102,420 |
| 24 | Veterinarians | $101,540 |
| 25 | Personal Financial Advisors | $100,500 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Wausau, WI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $22,640 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $25,690 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,690 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $26,810 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,340 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | $27,610 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,830 |
| Dishwashers | $27,860 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $28,030 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $29,060 |
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 ($58,745 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.