High paying production jobs in Green Bay, WI with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Green Bay, WI that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Green Bay, WI run 6.9% below the national average (2024), so a Green Bay, WI salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Green Bay, WI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,290 – $103,6301,850
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$67,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,710 – $79,960140
3Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$62,050
Postsecondary nondegree award
$52,760 – $76,42080
4Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$60,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,060 – $65,070170
5Machinists$60,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,650 – $74,840660
6Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$59,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,610 – $77,7401,740
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$58,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,150 – $69,880840
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$58,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,900 – $74,170300
9Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,630 – $75,260400
10Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $60,210110
11Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,560 – $62,260270
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,540 – $62,080430
13Food Batchmakers$48,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,200 – $58,7701,230
14Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $66,6601,080
15Helpers--Production Workers$48,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,840 – $62,290260
16Prepress Technicians and Workers$48,070
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,790 – $60,570220
17Dental Laboratory Technicians$47,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,810 – $63,110160
18Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$47,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,510 – $63,340110
19Printing Press Operators$47,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,880 – $60,2901,260
20Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,800 – $61,180150
21Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$46,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,000 – $57,4902,110
22Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,830 – $60,650300
23Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,310 – $60,9302,150
24Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$45,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $53,65070
25Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,300 – $59,060230
26Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$44,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,260 – $53,680250
27Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators$43,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,710 – $55,640110
28Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$43,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,570 – $63,790210
29Print Binding and Finishing Workers$43,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,560 – $52,820340
30Production Workers, All Other$41,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,750 – $57,200230
31Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,560 – $58,870120
32Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$38,030
No formal educational credential
$37,920 – $47,230670
33Bakers$37,680
No formal educational credential
$29,080 – $46,800410
34Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,300
No formal educational credential
$33,850 – $51,820610
35Sewing Machine Operators$36,820
No formal educational credential
$27,580 – $47,840110
36Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,280
No formal educational credential
$29,800 – $37,460220

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreen Bay, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,350	$51,290 – $103,630	1,850
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,190	$51,710 – $79,960	140
3	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,050	$52,760 – $76,420	80
4	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,930	$46,060 – $65,070	170
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,270	$44,650 – $74,840	660
6	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,230	$46,610 – $77,740	1,740
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,850	$47,150 – $69,880	840
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,610	$42,900 – $74,170	300
9	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,800	$39,630 – $75,260	400
10	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,690	$37,440 – $60,210	110
11	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,820	$39,560 – $62,260	270
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,910	$38,540 – $62,080	430
13	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,850	$37,200 – $58,770	1,230
14	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,780	$37,440 – $66,660	1,080
15	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,670	$35,840 – $62,290	260
16	Prepress Technicians and WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,070	$39,790 – $60,570	220
17	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,750	$37,810 – $63,110	160
18	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,650	$46,510 – $63,340	110
19	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,330	$41,880 – $60,290	1,260
20	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,790	$37,800 – $61,180	150
21	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,220	$38,000 – $57,490	2,110
22	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$37,830 – $60,650	300
23	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,920	$36,310 – $60,930	2,150
24	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,480	$36,040 – $53,650	70
25	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,380	$36,300 – $59,060	230
26	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,320	$30,260 – $53,680	250
27	Fiberglass Laminators and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,940	$37,710 – $55,640	110
28	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,200	$29,570 – $63,790	210
29	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,040	$35,560 – $52,820	340
30	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,450	$34,750 – $57,200	230
31	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,010	$28,560 – $58,870	120
32	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$38,030	$37,920 – $47,230	670
33	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,680	$29,080 – $46,800	410
34	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,300	$33,850 – $51,820	610
35	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$36,820	$27,580 – $47,840	110
36	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,280	$29,800 – $37,460	220

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