High paying production jobs in Fond du Lac, WI with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Fond du Lac, WI that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 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

1Tool and Die Makers$61,330
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,300 – $89,43070
2Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$60,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,350 – $70,690230
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$60,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,970 – $77,59040
4Machinists$57,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,060 – $72,450550
5Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$57,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,830 – $60,110120
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$55,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,910 – $63,360270
7Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,520 – $58,840250
8Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$51,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,190 – $56,4101,080
9Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$50,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,660 – $65,07040
10Printing Press Operators$50,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,730 – $62,31070
11Helpers--Production Workers$50,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $55,66060
12Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,150 – $61,560280
13Food Batchmakers$48,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $59,010220
14Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,670 – $63,96050
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$46,730
No formal educational credential
$36,800 – $62,55060
16Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,530 – $61,33040
17Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,730 – $58,720130
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$44,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,920 – $57,020230
19Production Workers, All Other$40,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,440 – $56,430100
20Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$39,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,870 – $60,84030
21Sewing Machine Operators$39,810
No formal educational credential
$24,440 – $46,17060
22Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,930 – $61,39080
23Bakers$34,600
No formal educational credential
$30,330 – $42,71080
24Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,900
No formal educational credential
$28,380 – $44,06030

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	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,330	$48,300 – $89,430	70
2	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,930	$48,350 – $70,690	230
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,140	$49,970 – $77,590	40
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,700	$51,060 – $72,450	550
5	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,640	$47,830 – $60,110	120
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,090	$40,910 – $63,360	270
7	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,780	$36,520 – $58,840	250
8	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,200	$38,190 – $56,410	1,080
9	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,590	$38,660 – $65,070	40
10	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,310	$39,730 – $62,310	70
11	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,110	$36,530 – $55,660	60
12	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,890	$40,150 – $61,560	280
13	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,880	$37,130 – $59,010	220
14	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,740	$37,670 – $63,960	50
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$46,730	$36,800 – $62,550	60
16	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,850	$38,530 – $61,330	40
17	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,450	$38,730 – $58,720	130
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,850	$34,920 – $57,020	230
19	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,550	$34,440 – $56,430	100
20	Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,830	$37,870 – $60,840	30
21	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$39,810	$24,440 – $46,170	60
22	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,070	$35,930 – $61,390	80
23	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,600	$30,330 – $42,710	80
24	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,900	$28,380 – $44,060	30

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