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Average Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs Salary in Madison, WI

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Madison, WI earn a median annual salary of $75,540, which is +46.7% compared to the national median. There are 220 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Madison, WI (metro area).

$75,540
Madison, WI median annual wage
$36/hour median
+46.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $51,500
220
Local employment
0.5 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.54
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$45,650
25th
$50,430
Median
$75,540
75th
$75,540
90th
$75,540

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Madison, WI, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
97.3%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$77,647
Goods: 93.8%
Services: 89.8%
Rents: 99.7%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$95,060Compare1,180
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$80,260Compare2,770
Salinas, CA$72,810Compare340
New Haven, CT$71,420Compare170
Vallejo, CA$71,360Compare110
Flint, MI$67,290Compare170

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Madison, WI

Madison, WI has salary data for 553 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is General Internal Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Madison, WI

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs are projected to change by +1.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 14,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.