High paying production jobs in Kenosha, WI with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Kenosha, 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 Kenosha, WI run 1.1% above the national average (2024), so a Kenosha, WI salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Kenosha, WI · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$64,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,950 – $79,05030
2Tool and Die Makers$62,550
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,300 – $82,68030
3Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$62,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,420 – $76,970120
4Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$61,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,680 – $73,250120
5Machinists$59,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,660 – $75,760230
6Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$57,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $63,040300
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$57,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,860 – $68,590250
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,680 – $64,200100
9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,080 – $62,800180
10Printing Press Operators$50,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,130 – $62,83050
11Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$49,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $62,690140
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$47,290
No formal educational credential
$35,950 – $58,34060
13Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,910 – $67,78070
14Production Workers, All Other$46,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,910 – $58,130180
15Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,000 – $62,350610
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,270 – $48,470520
17Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,140 – $60,810270
18Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,210 – $59,860240
19Food Batchmakers$45,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $54,960420
20Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,280 – $57,700810
21Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,110 – $58,12040
22Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,420 – $62,320160
23Bakers$37,320
No formal educational credential
$24,240 – $47,530180
24Helpers--Production Workers$36,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,120 – $57,710100
25Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$31,750
No formal educational credential
$26,570 – $42,34040
26Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$28,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,990 – $59,89080

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

#	Occupation	MedianKenosha, WI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,650	$49,950 – $79,050	30
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,550	$51,300 – $82,680	30
3	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,470	$45,420 – $76,970	120
4	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,180	$46,680 – $73,250	120
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,800	$40,660 – $75,760	230
6	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,910	$38,650 – $63,040	300
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,780	$47,860 – $68,590	250
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,970	$42,680 – $64,200	100
9	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,130	$40,080 – $62,800	180
10	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,540	$40,130 – $62,830	50
11	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,380	$37,960 – $62,690	140
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$47,290	$35,950 – $58,340	60
13	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,740	$37,910 – $67,780	70
14	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,590	$28,910 – $58,130	180
15	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$37,000 – $62,350	610
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,900	$32,270 – $48,470	520
17	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,670	$31,140 – $60,810	270
18	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,530	$37,210 – $59,860	240
19	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,160	$37,010 – $54,960	420
20	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,650	$35,280 – $57,700	810
21	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,240	$38,110 – $58,120	40
22	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,050	$31,420 – $62,320	160
23	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,320	$24,240 – $47,530	180
24	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,860	$35,120 – $57,710	100
25	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,750	$26,570 – $42,340	40
26	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,990	$28,990 – $59,890	80

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