Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Janesville Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area

Figures describe the Janesville-Beloit, WI metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Janesville city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (3 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 268 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Chief Executives	$218,840	$105.21	100
2	Dentists, General	$208,000	$100.00	50
3	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$157,340	$75.65	160
4	Pharmacists	$150,120	$72.17	150
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$144,070	$69.26	70
6	Human Resources Managers	$139,360	$67.00	90
7	Financial Managers	$138,360	$66.52	260
8	Physician Assistants	$135,830	$65.30	60
9	Marketing Managers	$130,190	$62.59	90
10	Sales Managers	$129,940	$62.47	200
11	Computer Network Architects	$128,150	$61.61	50
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$127,450	$61.28	170
13	Nurse Practitioners	$125,300	$60.24	120
14	Construction Managers	$124,190	$59.71	220
15	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$123,000	Not published	100
16	General and Operations Managers	$121,540	$58.43	830
17	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$115,200	$55.38	30
18	Personal Financial Advisors	$113,480	$54.56	60
19	Lawyers	$110,380	$53.07	140
20	Electrical Engineers	$107,140	$51.51	70
21	Software Developers	$105,670	$50.80	280
22	Veterinarians	$105,410	$50.68	30
23	Managers, All Other	$105,070	$50.51	250
24	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$103,560	$49.79	60
25	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$102,360	$49.21	40

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Janesville metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.