High paying management jobs in Appleton, WI

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Appleton, WI. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management 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 Appleton, WI run 7.6% below the national average (2024), so a Appleton, WI salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Appleton, WI · Employed

1Chief Executives$201,300
Bachelor's degree
$117,710 – $420,840230
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$149,070
Bachelor's degree
$99,750 – $216,310230
3Sales Managers$138,850
Bachelor's degree
$77,350 – $238,530420
4Education Administrators, Postsecondary$135,690
Master's degree
$82,400 – $183,72050
5Financial Managers$134,990
Bachelor's degree
$80,360 – $220,040580
6Architectural and Engineering Managers$134,430
Bachelor's degree
$97,030 – $201,870200
7Marketing Managers$128,360
Bachelor's degree
$79,320 – $212,750160
8Human Resources Managers$126,580
Bachelor's degree
$85,070 – $194,370120
9Purchasing Managers$123,490
Bachelor's degree
$83,710 – $218,45060
10Construction Managers$122,710
Bachelor's degree
$82,360 – $169,700460
11Medical and Health Services Managers$122,660
Bachelor's degree
$81,620 – $208,490170
12Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$118,390
Master's degree
$84,440 – $131,850170
13General and Operations Managers$109,890
Bachelor's degree
$58,740 – $231,4201,640
14Industrial Production Managers$108,680
Bachelor's degree
$78,210 – $173,270540
15Facilities Managers$106,090
Bachelor's degree
$72,730 – $150,34060
16Managers, All Other$104,660
Bachelor's degree
$58,300 – $191,910450
17Administrative Services Managers$102,070
Bachelor's degree
$65,990 – $155,010170
18Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$91,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,550 – $152,460210
19Social and Community Service Managers$82,550
Bachelor's degree
$60,210 – $102,590130
20Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$69,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,330 – $111,21040
21Food Service Managers$63,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,520 – $98,470180
22Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$59,240
Bachelor's degree
$38,840 – $78,73040

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

#	Occupation	MedianAppleton, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$201,300	$117,710 – $420,840	230
2	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$149,070	$99,750 – $216,310	230
3	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$138,850	$77,350 – $238,530	420
4	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$135,690	$82,400 – $183,720	50
5	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$134,990	$80,360 – $220,040	580
6	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$134,430	$97,030 – $201,870	200
7	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$128,360	$79,320 – $212,750	160
8	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$126,580	$85,070 – $194,370	120
9	Purchasing ManagersBachelor's degree	$123,490	$83,710 – $218,450	60
10	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$122,710	$82,360 – $169,700	460
11	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$122,660	$81,620 – $208,490	170
12	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$118,390	$84,440 – $131,850	170
13	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$109,890	$58,740 – $231,420	1,640
14	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$108,680	$78,210 – $173,270	540
15	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$106,090	$72,730 – $150,340	60
16	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$104,660	$58,300 – $191,910	450
17	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$102,070	$65,990 – $155,010	170
18	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,060	$55,550 – $152,460	210
19	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$82,550	$60,210 – $102,590	130
20	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,500	$51,330 – $111,210	40
21	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,190	$46,520 – $98,470	180
22	Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareBachelor's degree	$59,240	$38,840 – $78,730	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Appleton, WI. 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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