Salaries in Madison, WI metro area

Typical pay for 535 jobs in the Madison, WI metro area. The median for all workers is $58,080 a year ($27.92 an hour). Click a job for its full pay range.

Median pay, all jobs
$58,080
Median hourly
$27.92
Workers
408,070
vs U.S. median
+14%

Highest paying jobs in Madison, WI

Most common jobs in Madison, WI

Compare with statewide pay: salaries in Wisconsin.

All 535 jobs by category

Management Occupations

Business and Financial Operations Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Accountants and Auditors$81,130$39.014,440
Budget Analyst$86,340$41.51280
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$76,230$36.652,390
Buyers and Purchasing Agents$74,770$35.951,120
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators$81,200$39.041,400
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists$69,010$33.18510
Compliance Officer$80,440$38.671,310
Cost Estimator$73,420$35.30720
Credit Analyst$69,130$33.24240
Credit Counselor$57,260$27.5370
Financial and Investment Analysts$103,750$49.881,010
Financial Examiner$88,920$42.75140
Financial Risk Specialist$100,350$48.25100
Financial Specialists, All Other$76,400$36.73280
Fundraiser$66,040$31.75480
Human Resources Specialist$76,660$36.862,810
Insurance Underwriter$95,130$45.74480
Labor Relations Specialist$98,430$47.32290
Loan Officer$78,840$37.90650
Logistician$79,910$38.42470
Management Analyst$97,170$46.723,240
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$67,990$32.692,640
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners$56,520$27.17540
Personal Financial Advisor$126,000$60.58590
Project Management Specialist$98,990$47.594,280
Property Appraisers and Assessors$78,610$37.79100
Tax Preparer$45,810$22.02140
Training and Development Specialists$77,500$37.261,380

Computer and Mathematical Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Actuary$135,330$65.06170
Computer Network Architect$135,490$65.14340
Computer Network Support Specialist$90,400$43.46460
Computer Occupations, All Other$97,950$47.091,460
Computer Programmer$97,410$46.83280
Computer Systems Analyst$100,550$48.342,140
Computer User Support Specialist$59,590$28.652,440
Database Administrator$105,680$50.81410
Database Architect$155,160$74.60170
Information Security Analyst$104,110$50.05410
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$91,580$44.031,230
Operations Research Analyst$75,650$36.37880
Software Developer$130,630$62.806,720
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$97,840$47.041,470
Statistician$107,860$51.86110
Web and Digital Interface Designers$81,080$38.98200
Web Developer$83,500$40.14230

Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Agricultural Technician$47,030$22.61250
Animal Scientist$84,310$40.54220
Atmospheric and Space Scientists$107,970$51.91120
Biochemists and Biophysicists$106,480$51.19150
Biological Scientists, All Other$77,550$37.28440
Biological Technician$51,750$24.881,310
Chemical Technician$60,720$29.19270
Chemist$78,730$37.85780
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists$107,480$51.67250
Conservation Scientist$85,110$40.92260
Economist$88,770$42.68100
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health$57,920$27.85120
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$76,520$36.79230
Epidemiologist$88,770$42.6840
Food Science Technician$47,740$22.9590
Food Scientists and Technologists$66,080$31.7740
Forensic Science Technician$71,470$34.3670
Forest and Conservation Technicians$44,950$21.6160
Forester$69,620$33.4750
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$84,520$40.6440
Hydrologist$81,310$39.0960
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$46,540$22.37180
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$85,570$41.141,920
Microbiologist$67,940$32.66270
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$86,650$41.66340
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians$75,880$36.4860
Physical Scientists, All Other$95,580$45.9540
Physicist$136,450$65.6080
Psychologists, All Other$85,100$40.92210
School Psychologist$83,550$40.17150
Social Science Research Assistant$50,090$24.0840
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other$88,830$42.71140
Soil and Plant Scientists$73,510$35.34220
Urban and Regional Planners$103,940$49.97140
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists$70,410$33.85110

Community and Social Service Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators$63,940$30.7450
Lawyer$124,130$59.681,860
Legal Support Workers, All Other$65,960$31.71120
Paralegals and Legal Assistants$60,800$29.23850
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers$51,400$24.7170

Educational Instruction and Library Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$61,550$29.59110
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary$98,920—240
Archivist$63,040$30.31120
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary$142,490—210
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$137,060—270
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School$66,050—n/a
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary$89,070$42.82230
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$77,160—120
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary$104,670—90
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary$140,660—90
Curator$68,060$32.7280
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$66,690$32.06410
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$63,690—3,530
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary$137,840—340
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary$104,190—150
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary$104,730—30
Farm and Home Management Educators$60,920$29.29660
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$85,510—2,390
History Teachers, Postsecondary$112,530—90
Instructional Coordinator$85,820$41.26480
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$59,390—160
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists$78,050$37.53440
Library Technician$35,800$17.21520
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary$132,100—210
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$63,320—1,200
Museum Technicians and Conservators$33,280$16.0060
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$94,420—220
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$104,760—190
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$38,090$18.311,960
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$64,080—1,940
Self-Enrichment Teacher$42,930$20.64970
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary$64,040—70
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary$132,640—80
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School$64,270—660
Special Education Teachers, Middle School$79,710—330
Special Education Teachers, Preschool$61,460—40
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School$70,810—470
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$43,960$21.141,000
Teachers and Instructors, All Other$50,480—130
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$39,640—3,280
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$47,990—2,420
Tutor$50,820$24.43230

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Art Director$83,650$40.22130
Audio and Video Technicians$47,320$22.75170
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys$47,670$22.92110
Broadcast Technician$65,990$31.7390
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film$50,680$24.3780
Coaches and Scouts$42,750—950
Commercial and Industrial Designers$83,840$40.31100
Editor$66,920$32.17380
Fashion Designer$57,030$27.4270
Film and Video Editors$47,360$22.7740
Floral Designer$35,160$16.91130
Graphic Designer$63,970$30.76700
Interior Designer$64,780$31.15220
Interpreters and Translators$72,720$34.96220
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$43,000$20.67380
Music Directors and Composers$79,870$38.4070
Musicians and Singers—$33.14100
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists$60,780$29.22160
Photographer$43,040$20.69160
Producers and Directors$68,350$32.86470
Public Relations Specialist$73,510$35.341,410
Technical Writer$86,180$41.43180
Writers and Authors$68,760$33.06150

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Acupuncturist$81,700$39.2830
Athletic Trainer$72,780—130
Audiologist$105,160$50.5640
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians$95,890$46.1080
Chiropractor$83,020$39.91150
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$59,090$28.412,790
Dental Hygienist$100,340$48.24680
Dentists, General$176,460$84.84270
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer$101,960$49.02210
Dietetic Technician$41,970$20.1850
Dietitians and Nutritionists$75,250$36.18300
Emergency Medical Technician$44,130$21.22520
Emergency Medicine Physician$340,150$163.53170
Exercise Physiologist$66,100$31.7850
Family Medicine Physician$291,000$139.90160
General Internal Medicine Physician$329,670$158.50270
Genetic Counselor$89,600$43.0840
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars$98,530$47.37270
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$64,580$31.05370
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other$110,410$53.08100
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other$82,820$39.8290
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$64,550$31.04650
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist$94,620$45.4940
Medical Records Specialist$61,860$29.74490
Nuclear Medicine Technologist$99,820$47.9940
Nurse Anesthetist$283,980$136.53150
Nurse Practitioner$133,080$63.98530
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$227,650$109.4580
Occupational Therapist$95,670$46.00610
Ophthalmic Medical Technician$59,180$28.45220
Opticians, Dispensing$46,480$22.35210
Optometrist$128,220$61.65100
Paramedic$59,440$28.58220
Pediatricians, General$75,590$36.34100
Pharmacist$158,120$76.021,120
Pharmacy Technician$46,680$22.441,530
Physical Therapist$102,810$49.43900
Physician Assistant$133,950$64.40490
Physicians, All Other$301,940$145.16850
Psychiatric Technician$64,380$30.951,030
Psychiatrist$296,230$142.42160
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians$80,920$38.90770
Radiologist$135,040$64.9290
Recreational Therapist$60,960$29.3140
Registered Nurse$101,190$48.6510,650
Respiratory Therapist$81,530$39.20350
Speech-Language Pathologist$86,890$41.78410
Surgeons, All Other$78,660$37.82120
Surgical Assistant$73,200$35.1970
Surgical Technologist$75,930$36.51330
Veterinarian$115,210$55.39420
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians$48,240$23.19620

Healthcare Support Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Dental Assistant$49,930$24.01920
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$50,120$24.10380
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,220$17.898,360
Massage Therapist$49,080$23.60260
Medical Assistant$48,750$23.442,080
Medical Equipment Preparer$49,600$23.84220
Medical Transcriptionist$50,310$24.1980
Nursing Assistant$45,260$21.763,420
Occupational Therapy Assistant$54,870$26.38180
Pharmacy Aide$42,350$20.3650
Phlebotomist$47,740$22.95660
Physical Therapist Aide$39,420$18.9590
Physical Therapist Assistant$63,380$30.47180
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$38,490$18.51410

Protective Service Occupations

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

Personal Care and Service Occupations

Office and Administrative Support Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Bill and Account Collectors$49,090$23.60400
Billing and Posting Clerks$49,570$23.831,080
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$53,240$25.603,760
Cargo and Freight Agents$59,460$28.59100
Couriers and Messengers$41,080$19.75500
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$75,990$36.54170
Customer Service Representative$47,500$22.847,120
Data Entry Keyer$37,980$18.26430
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,020$24.05340
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$77,800$37.40240
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$70,800$34.04950
File Clerk$47,370$22.77210
Financial Clerks, All Other$59,280$28.5080
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$75,290$36.203,380
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$36,410$17.50700
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,810$24.43280
Information and Record Clerks, All Other$46,420$22.32240
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$50,320$24.19840
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$43,700$21.0170
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$58,840$28.29220
Library Assistants, Clerical$46,290$22.25230
Loan Interviewers and Clerks$53,550$25.75640
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$42,340$20.35150
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,380$23.262,080
New Accounts Clerk$49,970$24.03310
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$53,530$25.74430
Office Clerks, General$46,590$22.405,970
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$39,890$19.18160
Order Clerk$43,380$20.86140
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$63,500$30.53360
Postal Service Clerk$59,490$28.60140
Postal Service Mail Carrier$60,760$29.21710
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators$60,530$29.10190
Procurement Clerk$51,700$24.86140
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$60,020$28.86930
Public Safety Telecommunicator$59,400$28.56260
Receptionists and Information Clerks$43,600$20.963,170
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$37,350$17.96100
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,410$24.724,630
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$47,200$22.692,340
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service$40,630$19.5390
Teller$43,380$20.851,070
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$49,690$23.8950
Word Processors and Typists$53,710$25.8250

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians$74,030$35.59170
Automotive Body and Related Repairers$58,490$28.12270
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers$47,470$22.8240
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$60,650$29.161,270
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$63,850$30.70840
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$53,300$25.6380
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$82,960$39.88130
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$74,980$36.0590
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$104,220$50.11360
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians$61,000$29.33180
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$84,950$40.841,400
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$63,150$30.361,020
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$50,170$24.12230
Industrial Machinery Mechanic$65,620$31.55930
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other$52,820$25.40290
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$57,330$27.563,790
Maintenance Workers, Machinery$66,470$31.9650
Medical Equipment Repairer$76,020$36.55210
Millwright$90,750$43.6340
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$68,610$32.99230
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians$61,290$29.4760
Motorcycle Mechanic$49,450$23.7730
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$54,600$26.25100
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers$63,240$30.40130
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$62,030$29.82280
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$75,640$36.37220
Tire Repairers and Changers$42,940$20.64150

Production Occupations

JobMedian salaryHourlyWorkers
Baker$37,590$18.07720
Butchers and Meat Cutters$47,980$23.07330
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$58,620$28.1880
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$49,920$24.00490
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,570$23.35420
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operator$52,980$25.47450
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmer$65,350$31.42120
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,230$22.2370
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,980$22.11510
Dental Laboratory Technician$47,570$22.8790
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,460$22.34770
Etchers and Engravers$46,170$22.2070
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,150$22.19140
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,900$22.55260
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,700$36.882,000
Food Batchmaker$46,580$22.391,390
Foundry Mold and Coremakers$44,130$21.2290
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand$56,160$27.0060
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,220$22.70310
Helpers--Production Workers$45,410$21.83130
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$53,940$25.931,590
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers$62,700$30.1430
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$37,260$17.92490
Machinist$60,830$29.24700
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,360$22.774,510
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,210$24.62190
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$49,700$23.9040
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,150$21.71790
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,170$23.16190
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician$48,530$23.3340
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$47,430$22.801,490
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,220$23.6790
Pourers and Casters, Metal$50,300$24.1830
Power Plant Operator$73,300$35.24100
Prepress Technicians and Workers$48,410$23.28120
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials$36,120$17.3650
Print Binding and Finishing Workers$43,400$20.87370
Printing Press Operator$47,020$22.61770
Production Workers, All Other$45,690$21.97750
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,000$23.08160
Sewing Machine Operator$40,040$19.25n/a
Slaughterers and Meat Packers$44,920$21.5990
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$58,490$28.12390
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers$40,420$19.4340
Tool and Die Makers$65,900$31.68150
Upholsterer$60,800$29.2340
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$71,850$34.54150
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,530$28.621,010
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$54,440$26.1760
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$36,900$17.74130

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations