Janesville-Beloit, WI

Across all occupations in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metropolitan area, the median wage is $48,390 a year ($23.26 an hour) and the mean $61,110, May 2025. That median is −5% against the US median of $50,980 and −4% against Wisconsin's $50,270. BLS counts 69,870 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is chief executives; the largest is fast food and counter workers.

All occupations: Janesville-Beloit, WI vs Wisconsin and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Janesville-Beloit, WI area, Wisconsin and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Janesville-Beloit, WI	Hourly	$14.11	$17.77	$23.26	$35.10	$47.97	$29.38	69,870
Janesville-Beloit, WI	Annual	$29,340	$36,950	$48,390	$73,010	$99,780	$61,110	69,870
Wisconsin	Hourly	$14.41	$18.12	$24.17	$36.71	$50.47	$30.90	2,941,540
Wisconsin	Annual	$29,980	$37,700	$50,270	$76,350	$104,990	$64,270	2,941,540
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

268 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Wisconsin. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Janesville-Beloit, WI

Rank	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 in Wisconsin	$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 in Wisconsin	$138,360	$66.52	260
8	Physician Assistants	$135,830	$65.30	60
9	Marketing Managers	$130,190	$62.59	90
10	Sales Managers in Wisconsin	$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	*	100
16	General and Operations Managers in Wisconsin	$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 in Wisconsin	$110,380	$53.07	140
20	Electrical Engineers	$107,140	$51.51	70

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Janesville-Beloit, WI

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Wisconsin	2,150	30.77	1.24	$28,290
2	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Wisconsin	2,000	28.68	1.51	$44,590
3	Registered Nurses in Wisconsin	1,680	24.08	1.11	$93,030
4	Retail Salespersons in Wisconsin	1,670	23.96	0.96	$34,000
4	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Wisconsin	1,670	23.89	1.80	$59,800
6	Cashiers in Wisconsin	1,610	23.00	1.16	$31,240
7	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Wisconsin	1,600	22.86	0.83	$36,370
8	Stockers and Order Fillers in Wisconsin	1,540	21.99	1.21	$38,780
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Wisconsin	1,260	17.99	1.99	$44,070
10	Customer Service Representatives in Wisconsin	1,110	15.88	0.95	$46,210
11	Office Clerks, General in Wisconsin	1,070	15.27	0.96	$44,930
12	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Wisconsin	1,030	14.71	1.04	$36,570
13	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Wisconsin	980	14.03	1.54	$37,670
14	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Wisconsin	910	12.96	1.63	$71,620
15	General and Operations Managers in Wisconsin	830	11.90	0.53	$121,540
16	Waiters and Waitresses in Wisconsin	820	11.73	0.80	$28,990
17	Bartenders in Wisconsin	800	11.38	2.34	$22,090
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Wisconsin	770	11.06	1.12	$56,610
19	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Wisconsin	720	10.27	1.15	$60,220
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Wisconsin	720	10.37	0.94	$47,000

Most concentrated occupations in Janesville-Beloit, WI

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	7.58	210	2.96	$51,200
2	Food Batchmakers	5.39	420	6.04	$50,350
3	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5.20	290	4.17	$42,650
4	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.64	310	4.49	$36,810
5	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.27	180	2.64	$47,320
6	Helpers--Electricians	3.55	100	1.45	$48,110
7	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	3.07	520	7.49	$46,450
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	2.90	220	3.16	$48,040
9	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2.80	520	7.51	$60,000
10	Machinists	2.63	340	4.86	$46,810

Occupation groups in Janesville-Beloit, WI

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$121,370	$137,100	3,700	52.99	0.74
Computer and Mathematical	$85,000	$92,250	1,290	18.49	0.55
Architecture and Engineering	$84,580	$89,580	1,000	14.38	0.85
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$83,880	$106,650	4,510	64.57	1.02
Legal	$79,300	$106,760	250	3.62	0.43
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$76,890	$82,610	400	5.69	0.60
Business and Financial Operations	$74,340	$81,440	3,590	51.43	0.76
Construction and Extraction	$74,260	$72,980	3,240	46.35	1.12
Protective Service	$60,790	$62,150	1,060	15.22	0.63
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$59,740	$62,110	2,850	40.83	1.04
Community and Social Service	$58,240	$60,070	1,020	14.65	0.85
Educational Instruction and Library	$53,820	$58,770	4,180	59.83	1.02
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$49,500	$58,340	530	7.52	0.57
Production	$47,000	$50,290	7,450	106.58	1.93
Office and Administrative Support	$46,490	$49,340	7,700	110.21	0.97
Transportation and Material Moving	$45,510	$47,220	8,350	119.47	1.36
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$43,040	$43,290	70	1.03	0.37
Healthcare Support	$37,760	$39,890	3,070	43.99	0.87
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$36,980	$39,460	1,920	27.53	0.94
Sales and Related	$36,960	$50,740	5,940	84.99	0.98
Personal Care and Service	$34,510	$37,930	1,080	15.51	0.74
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$28,990	$31,470	6,650	95.13	1.08

Every occupation in Wisconsin, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 268 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Janesville-Beloit, WI estimates (area 27500).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Janesville-Beloit, WI area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.