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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Madison, WI

What professions have the highest employment in Madison, WI? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Madison, WI. We note that the total employment in Madison, WI is 386,980. The most popular job is the customer service representative profession, which employs 9,280 people (2.40 percent of the total employment in Madison, WI). The second most common job is the retail salesperson profession which employs 8,950 people (2.31 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Madison, WI is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Madison, WI (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	386,980	100.00%	$48,560
2	Customer Service Representatives	9,280	2.40%	$39,470
3	Retail Salespersons	8,950	2.31%	$29,180
4	Registered Nurses	8,710	2.25%	$81,370
5	Cashiers	8,460	2.19%	$29,620
6	Office Clerks, General	7,810	2.02%	$40,180
7	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	7,710	1.99%	$30,820
8	Fast Food and Counter Workers	6,620	1.71%	$26,180
9	Stockers and Order Fillers	6,130	1.58%	$32,390
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	5,690	1.47%	$37,570
11	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	5,630	1.45%	$31,200
12	Software Developers	4,960	1.28%	$100,320
13	Waiters and Waitresses	4,680	1.21%	$31,020
14	General and Operations Managers	4,580	1.18%	$113,780
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	4,450	1.15%	$46,540
16	Accountants and Auditors	4,340	1.12%	$73,680
17	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	4,160	1.07%	$39,740
18	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,770	0.97%	$50,430
19	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	3,760	0.97%	$44,940
20	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	3,720	0.96%	$46,320
21	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	3,570	0.92%	$63,910
22	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	3,550	0.92%	$63,710
23	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	3,450	0.89%	$40,800
24	Receptionists and Information Clerks	3,380	0.87%	$37,600
25	Food Preparation Workers	3,350	0.87%	$29,660
26	Restaurant Cooks	3,110	0.80%	$34,650
27	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	3,080	0.80%	$67,790
28	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	3,070	0.79%	$61,530
29	Management Analysts	3,030	0.78%	$81,190
30	Computer User Support Specialists	2,940	0.76%	$60,150
31	Nursing Assistants	2,920	0.75%	$37,400
32	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,900	0.75%	$35,940
33	Project Management Specialists	2,880	0.74%	$93,000
34	Computer Systems Analysts	2,830	0.73%	$86,650
35	Bartenders	2,830	0.73%	$24,020
36	Other Business Operations Specialists	2,820	0.73%	$65,740
37	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,790	0.72%	$60,970
38	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	2,760	0.71%	$37,160
39	Human Resources Specialists	2,540	0.66%	$66,210
40	Construction Laborers	2,360	0.61%	$47,040
41	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,330	0.60%	$30,420
42	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,320	0.60%	$45,880
43	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	2,300	0.59%	$54,570
44	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	2,280	0.59%	$64,170
45	Postsecondary Teaching Assistants	2,160	0.56%	$39,990
46	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	2,100	0.54%	$37,370
47	Carpenters	2,100	0.54%	$52,120
48	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2,090	0.54%	$64,100
49	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,960	0.51%	$78,290
50	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,800	0.47%	$61,930
51	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1,770	0.46%	$36,480
52	Lawyers	1,750	0.45%	$103,190
53	Medical Assistants	1,730	0.45%	$44,360
54	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	1,680	0.43%	$30,400
55	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	1,670	0.43%	$39,040
56	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	1,640	0.42%	$63,450
57	Compliance Officers	1,630	0.42%	$77,400
58	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,630	0.42%	$46,990
59	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,610	0.42%	$73,820
60	All Other Managers	1,600	0.41%	$104,440
61	Packers and Packagers	1,590	0.41%	$34,150
62	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	1,560	0.40%	$62,960
63	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1,550	0.40%	$85,050
64	Public Relations Specialists	1,490	0.39%	$67,080
65	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,470	0.38%	$76,850
66	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	1,460	0.38%	$105,010
67	Electricians	1,440	0.37%	$75,650
68	Short-Term Substitute Teachers	1,430	0.37%	$48,150
69	Financial Managers	1,420	0.37%	$132,900
70	Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,390	0.36%	$137,830
71	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,380	0.36%	$48,500
72	Industrial Engineers	1,340	0.35%	$81,450
73	Civil Engineers	1,320	0.34%	$80,760
74	Pharmacy Technicians	1,300	0.34%	$37,800
75	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	1,280	0.33%	$57,020
76	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,270	0.33%	$49,480
77	Driver/Sales Workers	1,270	0.33%	$32,740
78	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,240	0.32%	$61,020
79	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	1,230	0.32%	$79,760
80	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	1,210	0.31%	$48,020
81	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	1,160	0.30%	$62,940
82	Training and Development Specialists	1,140	0.29%	$67,100
83	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	1,130	0.29%	$78,880
84	Tellers	1,110	0.29%	$36,290
85	Security Guards	1,080	0.28%	$36,030
86	Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	1,070	0.28%	$38,210
87	Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	1,060	0.27%	$35,920
88	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	1,050	0.27%	$52,000
89	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,050	0.27%	$58,950
90	Computer Programmers	1,040	0.27%	$109,450
91	Web Developers	1,040	0.27%	$61,460
92	Psychiatric Technicians	1,040	0.27%	$40,140
93	Mechanical Engineers	1,030	0.27%	$83,390
94	Social and Human Service Assistants	1,030	0.27%	$46,260
95	Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers	1,020	0.26%	$44,220
96	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,010	0.26%	$41,950
97	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	990	0.26%	$65,210
98	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	980	0.25%	$23,230
99	Billing and Posting Clerks	970	0.25%	$45,690
100	All Other Physicians	960	0.25%	n/a

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