High paying business and finance jobs in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

Every business and finance occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single business and finance job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN run 8.2% below the national average (2024), so a La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN salary is worth about 1.09× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN · Employed

1Personal Financial Advisors$103,670
Bachelor's degree
$45,560 – $300,920120
2Project Management Specialists$94,990
Bachelor's degree
$61,380 – $135,800480
3Financial and Investment Analysts$92,600
Bachelor's degree
$64,650 – $126,67090
4Management Analysts$82,890
Bachelor's degree
$64,530 – $135,580210
5Compliance Officers$81,640
Bachelor's degree
$54,670 – $115,230100
6Cost Estimators$77,710
Bachelor's degree
$48,980 – $113,610140
7Accountants and Auditors$76,680
Bachelor's degree
$54,480 – $120,130630
8Loan Officers$76,370
Bachelor's degree
$50,650 – $132,340170
9Training and Development Specialists$71,690
Bachelor's degree
$43,840 – $121,520310
10Business Operations Specialists, All Other$71,580
Bachelor's degree
$49,840 – $119,440270
11Financial Specialists, All Other$67,410
Bachelor's degree
$48,540 – $91,31030
12Fundraisers$67,250
Bachelor's degree
$43,420 – $89,48050
13Buyers and Purchasing Agents$66,820
Bachelor's degree
$45,740 – $100,540220
14Credit Analysts$65,620
Bachelor's degree
$46,460 – $98,46050
15Human Resources Specialists$65,400
Bachelor's degree
$47,410 – $102,690390
16Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators$64,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,850 – $99,49060
17Logisticians$63,430
Bachelor's degree
$60,180 – $102,380140
18Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$61,930
Bachelor's degree
$39,780 – $102,590370
19Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners$49,780
Bachelor's degree
$25,870 – $76,75060
20Credit Counselors$47,950
Bachelor's degree
$39,780 – $60,42040

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianLa Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Personal Financial AdvisorsBachelor's degree	$103,670	$45,560 – $300,920	120
2	Project Management SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$94,990	$61,380 – $135,800	480
3	Financial and Investment AnalystsBachelor's degree	$92,600	$64,650 – $126,670	90
4	Management AnalystsBachelor's degree	$82,890	$64,530 – $135,580	210
5	Compliance OfficersBachelor's degree	$81,640	$54,670 – $115,230	100
6	Cost EstimatorsBachelor's degree	$77,710	$48,980 – $113,610	140
7	Accountants and AuditorsBachelor's degree	$76,680	$54,480 – $120,130	630
8	Loan OfficersBachelor's degree	$76,370	$50,650 – $132,340	170
9	Training and Development SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$71,690	$43,840 – $121,520	310
10	Business Operations Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$71,580	$49,840 – $119,440	270
11	Financial Specialists, All OtherBachelor's degree	$67,410	$48,540 – $91,310	30
12	FundraisersBachelor's degree	$67,250	$43,420 – $89,480	50
13	Buyers and Purchasing AgentsBachelor's degree	$66,820	$45,740 – $100,540	220
14	Credit AnalystsBachelor's degree	$65,620	$46,460 – $98,460	50
15	Human Resources SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$65,400	$47,410 – $102,690	390
16	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and InvestigatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,730	$48,850 – $99,490	60
17	LogisticiansBachelor's degree	$63,430	$60,180 – $102,380	140
18	Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$61,930	$39,780 – $102,590	370
19	Meeting, Convention, and Event PlannersBachelor's degree	$49,780	$25,870 – $76,750	60
20	Credit CounselorsBachelor's degree	$47,950	$39,780 – $60,420	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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