High paying production jobs in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single production job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI run 4.0% below the national average (2024), so a Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$74,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,110 – $78,30050
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$74,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,560 – $100,320810
3Tool and Die Makers$69,690
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,450 – $91,67080
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,230 – $68,130370
5Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$58,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,200 – $64,260350
6Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$58,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,680 – $60,160380
7Machinists$57,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,230 – $73,230450
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$57,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,210 – $78,180250
9Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$55,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,630 – $60,04040
10Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$54,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,510 – $68,21040
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$50,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,010 – $66,780790
12Helpers--Production Workers$49,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $54,29090
13Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,310 – $61,970210
14Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $62,500260
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$47,340
No formal educational credential
$34,900 – $50,48060
16Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,380 – $48,610690
17Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,840 – $70,760150
18Printing Press Operators$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $61,520150
19Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,060 – $64,540100
20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,130 – $56,890470
21Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,460 – $59,38070
22Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,670 – $59,6602,120
23Food Batchmakers$44,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,750 – $56,630240
24Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$42,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,140 – $52,500160
25Production Workers, All Other$41,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,090 – $60,230160
26Sewing Machine Operators$37,550
No formal educational credential
$31,450 – $52,50050
27Bakers$37,520
No formal educational credential
$29,140 – $48,140210
28Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,880
No formal educational credential
$28,270 – $42,24040

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

#	Occupation	MedianRacine-Mount Pleasant, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,880	$52,110 – $78,300	50
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,670	$51,560 – $100,320	810
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$69,690	$51,450 – $91,670	80
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,200	$46,230 – $68,130	370
5	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,770	$45,200 – $64,260	350
6	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,050	$49,680 – $60,160	380
7	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,720	$41,230 – $73,230	450
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,020	$39,210 – $78,180	250
9	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,940	$40,630 – $60,040	40
10	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,580	$45,510 – $68,210	40
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,030	$39,010 – $66,780	790
12	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,020	$39,120 – $54,290	90
13	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,920	$38,310 – $61,970	210
14	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,860	$31,680 – $62,500	260
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$47,340	$34,900 – $50,480	60
16	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,940	$39,380 – $48,610	690
17	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,250	$35,840 – $70,760	150
18	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$35,250 – $61,520	150
19	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,890	$38,060 – $64,540	100
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,750	$36,130 – $56,890	470
21	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,560	$36,460 – $59,380	70
22	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,300	$34,670 – $59,660	2,120
23	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,030	$36,750 – $56,630	240
24	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,320	$40,140 – $52,500	160
25	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,990	$32,090 – $60,230	160
26	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$37,550	$31,450 – $52,500	50
27	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,520	$29,140 – $48,140	210
28	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,880	$28,270 – $42,240	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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