High paying production jobs in Sheboygan, WI

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Sheboygan, 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 Sheboygan, WI run 6.0% below the national average (2024), so a Sheboygan, WI salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Sheboygan, WI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,580 – $104,3601,050
2Tool and Die Makers$75,490
Postsecondary nondegree award
$59,460 – $78,160220
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$69,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,410 – $85,02050
4Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$68,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$54,490 – $68,020250
5Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$60,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,520 – $81,140340
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,890 – $61,630740
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$56,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,230 – $66,390740
8Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$55,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,030 – $64,830970
9Machinists$55,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,650 – $72,270560
10Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$52,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,840 – $62,010330
11Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$52,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,380 – $60,540200
12Food Batchmakers$51,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,700 – $58,3301,910
13Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$50,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,200 – $65,250580
14Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$50,410
No formal educational credential
$49,030 – $51,91070
15Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,790 – $60,57080
16Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,880 – $59,850170
17Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $71,70090
18Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,910 – $58,720100
19Helpers--Production Workers$47,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,890 – $63,580100
20Butchers and Meat Cutters$47,450
No formal educational credential
$30,250 – $56,210180
21Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,740 – $61,19060
22Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$47,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,290 – $66,59090
23Printing Press Operators$47,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $63,890160
24Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,760 – $54,050910
25Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,190 – $60,2701,600
26Print Binding and Finishing Workers$42,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,830 – $53,86060
27Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$42,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,950 – $48,53040
28Bakers$38,900
No formal educational credential
$32,030 – $54,79060
29Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$38,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,190 – $60,39030
30Production Workers, All Other$37,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,220 – $65,31090
31Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,870
No formal educational credential
$29,580 – $39,22050

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

#	Occupation	MedianSheboygan, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,710	$59,580 – $104,360	1,050
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,490	$59,460 – $78,160	220
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,440	$58,410 – $85,020	50
4	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$68,020	$54,490 – $68,020	250
5	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,590	$44,520 – $81,140	340
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,460	$51,890 – $61,630	740
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,120	$38,230 – $66,390	740
8	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,410	$35,030 – $64,830	970
9	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,130	$45,650 – $72,270	560
10	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,850	$43,840 – $62,010	330
11	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,310	$46,380 – $60,540	200
12	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,490	$47,700 – $58,330	1,910
13	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,460	$46,200 – $65,250	580
14	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$50,410	$49,030 – $51,910	70
15	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,700	$46,790 – $60,570	80
16	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,570	$44,880 – $59,850	170
17	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,120	$38,700 – $71,700	90
18	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,080	$31,910 – $58,720	100
19	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,720	$31,890 – $63,580	100
20	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$47,450	$30,250 – $56,210	180
21	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,350	$38,740 – $61,190	60
22	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,290	$47,290 – $66,590	90
23	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,220	$39,520 – $63,890	160
24	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$35,760 – $54,050	910
25	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,440	$37,190 – $60,270	1,600
26	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,240	$36,830 – $53,860	60
27	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,040	$33,950 – $48,530	40
28	BakersNo formal educational credential	$38,900	$32,030 – $54,790	60
29	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,440	$31,190 – $60,390	30
30	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,480	$28,220 – $65,310	90
31	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,870	$29,580 – $39,220	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Sheboygan, 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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