High paying jobs in Fond du Lac, WI that need no degree

These occupations pay well in Fond du Lac, WI and typically require less than a bachelor's degree to enter — a high school diploma, a postsecondary certificate, or an associate's degree. Entry requirements come from the BLS Employment Projections program and describe what is typical, not mandatory.

Cost of living: prices in Fond du Lac, WI run 8.4% below the national average (2024), so a Fond du Lac, WI salary is worth about 1.09× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Fond du Lac, WI · Employed

1Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$112,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,650 – $183,06080
2Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$104,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$74,930 – $113,60030
3Insurance Sales Agents$95,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,060 – $221,370120
4Dental Hygienists$93,150
Associate's degree
$77,790 – $97,28090
5First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers$92,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,950 – $137,70090
6First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$82,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,380 – $121,030170
7Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$79,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,080 – $98,800230
8Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$79,500
Associate's degree
$57,760 – $95,170100
9First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$78,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,020 – $109,990310
10Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$77,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,110 – $124,720280
11Electricians$77,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,290 – $116,610170
12Radiologic Technologists and Technicians$76,840
Associate's degree
$62,520 – $95,59050
13Mechanical Drafters$75,240
Associate's degree
$56,800 – $119,88050
14Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$71,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,460 – $94,750160
15First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$71,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,500 – $97,480340
16First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$70,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,230 – $98,250550
17Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$69,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,910 – $126,830560
18First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$67,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,530 – $91,690190
19Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$65,810
Associate's degree
$47,080 – $90,72030
20Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$65,270
Postsecondary nondegree award
$55,190 – $76,380160
21Highway Maintenance Workers$64,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,150 – $71,070100
22Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$64,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,420 – $85,43050
23Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$63,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,610 – $116,560280
24Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$63,410
Associate's degree
$52,130 – $96,10040
25Computer User Support Specialists$62,870
Some college, no degree
$47,840 – $80,100120
26Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$62,680
No formal educational credential
$48,090 – $86,090120
27Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$62,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $78,250120
28Carpenters$62,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,480 – $98,840340
29Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$61,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,710 – $79,81040
30Industrial Machinery Mechanics$61,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,790 – $85,010240
31Tool and Die Makers$61,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,300 – $89,43070
32Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$60,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,350 – $70,690230
33Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$60,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,970 – $77,59040
34Food Service Managers$59,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,370 – $93,24080
35Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$59,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,880 – $82,420100
36First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$59,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,040 – $82,96030
37Social and Human Service Assistants$58,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,870 – $75,200180
38Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,180 – $81,76090
39Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,270 – $82,1501,030
40Real Estate Sales Agents$57,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,620 – $103,67060
41Machinists$57,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,060 – $72,450550
42Postal Service Mail Carriers$57,700
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040120
43Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$57,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,830 – $60,110120
44Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$57,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $80,52070
45Automotive Body and Related Repairers$56,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,420 – $78,06060
46Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining$56,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,920 – $60,44050
47Construction Laborers$56,200
No formal educational credential
$38,940 – $79,190420
48Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$55,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,910 – $63,360270
49Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$54,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,670 – $78,77050
50Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$54,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,100 – $81,560260

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianFond du Lac, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$112,910	$63,650 – $183,060	80
2	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,220	$74,930 – $113,600	30
3	Insurance Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,110	$49,060 – $221,370	120
4	Dental HygienistsAssociate's degree	$93,150	$77,790 – $97,280	90
5	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,210	$54,950 – $137,700	90
6	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,800	$53,380 – $121,030	170
7	Police and Sheriff's Patrol OfficersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,670	$62,080 – $98,800	230
8	Industrial Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$79,500	$57,760 – $95,170	100
9	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,150	$56,020 – $109,990	310
10	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,310	$47,110 – $124,720	280
11	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,060	$45,290 – $116,610	170
12	Radiologic Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$76,840	$62,520 – $95,590	50
13	Mechanical DraftersAssociate's degree	$75,240	$56,800 – $119,880	50
14	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,560	$49,460 – $94,750	160
15	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,250	$47,500 – $97,480	340
16	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,260	$52,230 – $98,250	550
17	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,140	$39,910 – $126,830	560
18	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling SupervisorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,500	$42,530 – $91,690	190
19	Civil Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$65,810	$47,080 – $90,720	30
20	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational NursesPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,270	$55,190 – $76,380	160
21	Highway Maintenance WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,940	$39,150 – $71,070	100
22	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,410	$48,420 – $85,430	50
23	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,990	$38,610 – $116,560	280
24	Mechanical Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$63,410	$52,130 – $96,100	40
25	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$62,870	$47,840 – $80,100	120
26	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$62,680	$48,090 – $86,090	120
27	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine SpecialistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,560	$43,920 – $78,250	120
28	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,550	$45,480 – $98,840	340
29	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,580	$47,710 – $79,810	40
30	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,410	$49,790 – $85,010	240
31	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,330	$48,300 – $89,430	70
32	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,930	$48,350 – $70,690	230
33	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,140	$49,970 – $77,590	40
34	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,810	$46,370 – $93,240	80
35	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and InstallersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,510	$39,880 – $82,420	100
36	First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,350	$45,040 – $82,960	30
37	Social and Human Service AssistantsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,940	$32,870 – $75,200	180
38	Production, Planning, and Expediting ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,740	$42,180 – $81,760	90
39	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,730	$46,270 – $82,150	1,030
40	Real Estate Sales AgentsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,730	$35,620 – $103,670	60
41	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,700	$51,060 – $72,450	550
42	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$57,700	$42,390 – $81,040	120
43	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,640	$47,830 – $60,110	120
44	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,140	$29,990 – $80,520	70
45	Automotive Body and Related RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,810	$36,420 – $78,060	60
46	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface MiningHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,800	$48,920 – $60,440	50
47	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$56,200	$38,940 – $79,190	420
48	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,090	$40,910 – $63,360	270
49	Payroll and Timekeeping ClerksHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,400	$37,670 – $78,770	50
50	Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$54,300	$36,100 – $81,560	260

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