How much do Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping make in Appleton, WI?

Percentile spread

For Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping, the published 10th percentile is $37,260 and the 90th percentile is $52,910. The difference is $15,650, which is 42.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $37,260 to the 75th at $47,100, covers $9,840.

The mean annual wage is $41,770, which sits above the median of $37,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Appleton, WI median is 19.6% lower than the national median of $46,380 for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,327, which is 13.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.4% lower than the Wisconsin median of $48,030.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Appleton, WI is 92.419, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping at $40,327 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping. Appleton, WI ranks 5th of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 99 miles away, with a median of $47,450 and employment of 130. That median is 27.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,949, against $40,327 here.
• Madison, WI is 103 miles away, with a median of $49,690 and employment of 50. That median is 33.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,076, against $40,327 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 161 miles away, with a median of $45,770 and employment of 120. That median is 22.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,904, against $40,327 here.

Employment share

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Appleton, WI (40 of 124,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (53,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.