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SOC 25-2031 · May 2025 · BLS OEWS

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — Oshkosh

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI · 10 metro areas compared

$60,420 /year
350jobs in area
−16.1%vs US median

The median wage for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Oshkosh, WI is $60,420 per year, 16.1% below the national median of $72,040.

Wage distribution · annual

Shaded band holds the middle 50% of earners

US MEDIAN $72,04010TH$49,960MEDIAN$60,42090TH$76,580

How pay has moved

$64,423$59,157202020212022202320242025$60,420
$60,610 in 2020 to $60,420 in 2025, -0.3% before inflation. BLS states that OEWS estimates are not designed for comparison across years: the occupational classification, the sampling frame and the survey method have all changed inside this window. Read the direction, not the exact difference.

The next ten years

Projected to decline

Change in jobs, 2024 to 2034
-1.6%
Openings per year
66,200
Typical entry-level education
Bachelor's degree

Includes jobs opened by workers leaving the occupation, not only new positions.

Projections are published nationally only. This is the outlook for the occupation across the United States, not a measurement for Oshkosh-Neenah, WI.

Projections are based on 2024 employment and run to 2034. The wages above are from the May 2025 survey, a separate BLS programme on a different release cycle, so the two are not two views of one dataset.

Salary overview

The median wage for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Oshkosh, WI is $60,420 per year, 16.1% below the national median of $72,040. Pay ranges from under $49,960 at the tenth percentile to more than $76,580 at the ninetieth, with the interquartile range running from $59,690 to $76,010.

The area has 350 jobs in this occupation, which works out to 3.7 of every thousand jobs. Milwaukee leads the state's metro areas for this occupation, at $75,370. Set against every other occupation measured in the same area, it ranks 144th of 297 by median pay.

Percentile breakdown

Annual wages by percentile · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI · May 2025
PercentileAnnualvs US median
10th$49,960−30.6%
25th$59,690−17.1%
Median (50th)$60,420−16.1%
75th$76,010+5.5%
90th$76,580+6.3%
Mean$65,540−9.0%

Why the average earner is usually not a typical earner

Other metro areas in Wisconsin

Median annual wage for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, by metro area
#Metro areaMedianJobsRelative
1Milwaukee$75,3704,120
2Janesville$66,180340
3Madison$64,0801,940
4Green Bay$62,890690
5La Crosse$62,740530
6Kenosha$62,540320
7Fond du Lac$61,680170
8Appleton$61,600780
9Racine$61,460410
10Sheboygan$61,460460

What the pay is worth locally

Prices in Oshkosh run 7.1% below the national average, so the median of $60,420 goes as far as $65,038 would elsewhere in the country. Measured that way it compares to the national median at 9.7% below the national median in real terms.

Published median

$60,420as reported by BLS

Local price level

92.9US average = 100 · BEA 2024

Adjusted for local prices

$65,038US average = 100 · BEA 2024

Why the state that pays most is usually not where pay goes furthest

Key takeaways

  • Median pay is $60,420 a year, 16.1% below the national median.
  • Published pay spans $49,960 to $76,580 between the tenth and ninetieth percentiles.
  • The area has 350 jobs in this occupation.
  • The highest-paying metro area covered is Milwaukee, at $75,370.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median wage for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Oshkosh, WI?

The median annual wage is $60,420, as of May 2025. Half of the workers in this occupation earn more than that and half earn less.

Is that higher than the national average?

The national median for this occupation is $72,040, so pay in Oshkosh, WI is 16.1% lower. These figures are medians, not averages: half of workers fall on each side.

What do the top earners make?

The top tenth of this occupation in Oshkosh, WI earns more than $76,580 per year. The ninetieth percentile is the highest figure the survey publishes.

What is the starting range?

The tenth percentile wage is $49,960 per year. The survey measures wages actually paid rather than experience level, so this reflects the lowest-paid tenth rather than entry-level pay specifically.

Which area nearby pays the most?

The highest median for this occupation among the metro areas covered is in Milwaukee, at $75,370 per year.

How many jobs are there in this occupation here?

The survey estimates 350 jobs in this occupation in Oshkosh, WI. Self-employed workers are not included.

Source and methodology

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 Wages are for wage-and-salary workers; self-employed workers are not included. Salary Explorer is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or any government agency. Full methodology.