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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Protective Service Workers, All Other Salary in Wisconsin

Protective Service Workers, All Other in Wisconsin earn a median annual salary of $55,660, which is +33.8% compared to the national median. There are 840 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Wisconsin (state).

$55,660
Wisconsin median annual wage
$27/hour median
+33.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $41,600
840
Local employment
0.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.53
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$31,650
25th
$39,560
Median
$55,660
75th
$77,750
90th
$84,740

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 Wisconsin, 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
94.1%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$59,153
Goods: 94.3%
Services: 89.9%
Rents: 79.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
District of Columbia$84,360Compare90
New Hampshire$83,510Compare110
New Mexico$66,640Compare670
Rhode Island$64,140Compare70
Hawaii$60,900Compare80
New York$59,830Compare1,660

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 Wisconsin

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Dentists, All Other Specialists$231,0700.46
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$214,6901.21
Chief Executives$209,0901.10
Dentists, General$206,6501.00
Physicists$174,0100.54
Podiatrists$170,0901.05
Computer And Information Research Scientists$166,6900.05
Computer And Information Systems Managers$149,7600.59

Wisconsin has salary data for 753 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Dentists, All Other Specialists.

Historical series

Trend for Protective Service Workers, All Other in Wisconsin

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Protective Service Workers, All Other are projected to change by +2.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 23,300 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.