Production Occupations in Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area

50 occupations · 2024 BLS OEWS data

Production occupations include assemblers, machinists, welders, and other factory workers who manufacture goods and operate industrial equipment. The table below shows 2024 wage data for these occupations as reported in Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$68,950	$71,820	1,870
Power Plant Operators	$68,060	$75,550	50
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	$63,550	$65,020	70
Tool and Die Makers	$63,100	$63,020	160
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$61,630	$58,510	240
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$57,840	$57,810	780
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$56,510	$56,380	160
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$54,480	$54,230	260
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$54,340	$52,480	90
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$54,070	$54,240	1,530
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$52,890	$56,010	80
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$51,620	$51,030	120
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,490	$54,740	210
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$51,480	$53,080	950
Machinists	$49,810	$52,620	1,200
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	$49,760	$49,200	30
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,710	$49,650	80
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$48,600	$49,720	1,110
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,560	$47,970	560
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,800	$48,260	40
Upholsterers	$47,470	$46,730	40
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,430	$47,930	440
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$47,310	$49,140	110
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	$46,470	$45,390	40
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,380	$47,660	300
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$46,330	$49,810	110
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$45,920	$44,210	50
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,780	$45,730	290
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$45,600	$45,660	150
Food Batchmakers	$45,580	$44,340	1,120
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$45,390	$46,640	80
Printing Press Operators	$45,320	$45,760	300
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	$45,240	$51,650	40
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$43,790	$44,930	120
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$43,770	$45,020	300
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$43,300	$43,710	500
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$42,540	$42,290	560
Helpers--Production Workers	$41,820	$41,110	420
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$41,060	$40,970	190
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,180	$42,850	1,020
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$39,790	$42,440	200
Sewing Machine Operators	$38,910	$37,080	100
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$38,470	$40,800	220
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$38,120	$40,850	180
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$37,940	$42,340	620
Bakers	$36,270	$36,190	250
Production Workers, All Other	$35,900	$39,260	350
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$34,060	$32,910	280
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	$32,330	$35,190	40
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$30,550	$32,940	50