High paying production jobs in Janesville-Beloit, WI with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Janesville-Beloit, 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 Janesville-Beloit, WI run 6.3% below the national average (2024), so a Janesville-Beloit, 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, Janesville-Beloit, WI · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$64,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,600 – $76,66050
2Tool and Die Makers$61,670
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,420 – $76,43040
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$60,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,410 – $70,720520
4Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,500 – $59,760210
5Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,140 – $56,11050
6Food Batchmakers$50,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,360 – $59,510420
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,400 – $59,310150
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,750 – $63,380530
9Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,110 – $66,410220
10Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,530 – $60,900160
11Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,010 – $62,550130
12Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,570 – $56,980180
13Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,000 – $58,20090
14Machinists$46,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,470 – $70,110340
15Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$46,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,640 – $62,390520
16Printing Press Operators$45,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,810 – $60,52090
17Butchers and Meat Cutters$44,660
No formal educational credential
$31,680 – $53,72060
18Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,310 – $57,8601,260
19Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $46,760290
20Helpers--Production Workers$42,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,350 – $49,44080
21Production Workers, All Other$40,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,580 – $56,770170
22Sewing Machine Operators$40,130
No formal educational credential
$24,450 – $55,98080
23Print Binding and Finishing Workers$37,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,470 – $46,93040
24Bakers$37,440
No formal educational credential
$31,100 – $47,360110
25Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $57,720310
26Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,110
No formal educational credential
$28,510 – $48,47040

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

#	Occupation	MedianJanesville-Beloit, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,290	$53,600 – $76,660	50
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,670	$44,420 – $76,430	40
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,000	$48,410 – $70,720	520
4	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,200	$38,500 – $59,760	210
5	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,650	$41,140 – $56,110	50
6	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,350	$36,360 – $59,510	420
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,570	$39,400 – $59,310	150
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,320	$36,750 – $63,380	530
9	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,040	$40,110 – $66,410	220
10	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,630	$43,530 – $60,900	160
11	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$38,010 – $62,550	130
12	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$45,570 – $56,980	180
13	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,040	$43,000 – $58,200	90
14	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,810	$36,470 – $70,110	340
15	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,450	$36,640 – $62,390	520
16	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,430	$34,810 – $60,520	90
17	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$44,660	$31,680 – $53,720	60
18	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,070	$35,310 – $57,860	1,260
19	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,650	$37,790 – $46,760	290
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,090	$33,350 – $49,440	80
21	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,290	$34,580 – $56,770	170
22	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$40,130	$24,450 – $55,980	80
23	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,770	$32,470 – $46,930	40
24	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,440	$31,100 – $47,360	110
25	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,810	$34,590 – $57,720	310
26	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,110	$28,510 – $48,470	40

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