Highest-paying management jobs in Appleton

Not everyone has what it takes to be a manager in today's workplace, and those who do tend to be well compensated.

Workers today are split on how they want to interact with their jobs. Half of workers want to blend their work and their personal lives, while the other roughly 50% prefer to keep them separate, according to Gallup polling. The lion's share want more flexibility in where they perform their work—at a time when businesses may have to buckle in for tougher economic conditions in the year ahead.

Whether overseeing a sales team or leading a commercial building project, these are the challenges that get management professionals out of bed in the morning.

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying management jobs in Appleton, WI metro area using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Jobs the BLS lists as "management occupations" were included.

1 / 20

#20. Food service managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $59,950
- #214 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,970
- Employment: 210,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($91,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,860)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,750)

2 / 20

#19. Legislators

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $60,300
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,110
- Employment: 44,590
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Yakima, WA ($139,690)
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($136,400)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($132,460)

3 / 20

#18. Social and community service managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $72,720
- #162 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $76,790
- Employment: 156,400
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($100,530)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($98,240)
--- Charlottesville, VA ($98,200)

4 / 20

#17. Property, real estate, and community association managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $78,490
- #54 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,030
- Employment: 234,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($109,540)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($106,420)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($103,610)

5 / 20

#16. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $95,390
- #213 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $105,580
- Employment: 144,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($159,890)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($154,170)
--- Trenton, NJ ($144,620)

6 / 20

#15. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $96,470
- #179 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $102,650
- Employment: 274,710
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($144,880)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($143,450)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($142,330)

7 / 20

#14. Construction managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $100,220
- #188 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390

National
- Annual mean salary: $108,210
- Employment: 284,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($160,710)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,050)
--- Napa, CA ($145,430)

8 / 20

#13. Industrial production managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $107,950
- #274 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

National
- Annual mean salary: $117,780
- Employment: 192,270
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($155,640)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($153,860)
--- Fort Collins, CO ($153,470)

9 / 20

#12. Administrative services managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $108,720
- #113 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $113,030
- Employment: 224,620
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,360)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($142,650)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($141,950)

10 / 20

#11. Facilities managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $109,430
- #41 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $101,970
- Employment: 101,230
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($146,040)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($136,440)
--- Ithaca, NY ($136,210)

11 / 20

#10. Purchasing managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $115,740
- #143 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $134,590
- Employment: 69,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($181,030)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($177,010)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($174,760)

12 / 20

#9. Human resources managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $117,120
- #171 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $136,590
- Employment: 166,530
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($190,020)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($186,930)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($175,410)

13 / 20

#8. Medical and health services managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $120,290
- #96 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $119,840
- Employment: 436,770
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($162,110)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($157,340)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($156,370)

14 / 20

#7. Sales managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $123,280
- #206 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

National
- Annual mean salary: $142,390
- Employment: 453,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($198,960)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($196,910)
--- Boulder, CO ($182,820)

15 / 20

#6. Marketing managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $123,370
- #218 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $153,440
- Employment: 278,690
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($210,280)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($198,870)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($191,310)

You may also like: Where people in Appleton are looking to buy homes

16 / 20

#5. General and operations managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $128,420
- #26 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,240

National
- Annual mean salary: $115,250
- Employment: 2,984,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($165,340)
--- Trenton, NJ ($165,030)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($159,210)

17 / 20

#4. Architectural and engineering managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $129,840
- #291 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $158,970
- Employment: 187,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,000)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($206,050)
--- Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL ($198,430)

18 / 20

#3. Computer and information systems managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $139,310
- #128 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

National
- Annual mean salary: $162,930
- Employment: 485,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,030)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($211,470)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($202,800)

19 / 20

#2. Financial managers

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $139,630
- #109 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $153,460
- Employment: 681,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($209,100)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($201,330)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($188,900)

20 / 20

#1. Chief executives

Appleton, WI
- Annual mean salary: $202,620
- #160 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $213,020
- Employment: 200,480
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($313,440)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($298,960)
--- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($296,480)