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Social and Community Service Managers pay in Appleton, WI and Lansing-East Lansing, MI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Social and Community Service Managers is $82,550 per year in Appleton, WI. It is $110,570 per year in Lansing-East Lansing, MI. Appleton, WI is 25.3% below Lansing-East Lansing, MI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9151 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 130 wage and salary jobs in Appleton, WI and Not published in Lansing-East Lansing, MI. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings