Job opportunities vary greatly by location. As the tables below clearly show, individual cities and towns offer employment opportunities which differ from those you'll find in other places. Some places feature jobs in technology, some in manufacturing, others in education, etc. Whether choosing a career path or seeking a new job, it pays to consider which careers are favored in the area in which you live or to which are willing to move.
Select the city you want or just browse down this page to see the analysis for each city:
| Appleton, WI
Green Bay, WI
Madison, WI
Racine, WI
| Eau Claire, WI
Janesville, WI
Milwaukee, WI
Sheboygan, WI
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Fond du Lac, WI
La Crosse, WI
Oshkosh, WI
Wausau, WI
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NOTE: A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Appleton, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Appleton and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | $36,070 | 1,080 | 17.7 | | Farm equipment mechanics | $31,380 | 140 | 15.3 | | Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | $29,390 | 130 | 10.2 | | Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $30,680 | 170 | 9.7 | | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | $38,210 | 670 | 7.4 | | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $34,270 | 280 | 6.3 | | Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $30,620 | 130 | 5.7 | | Millwrights | $47,870 | 120 | 5.1 | | Legislators | $0 | 140 | 5 | | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | $35,280 | 320 | 4.8 | | (Click for the full list of Appleton careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Eau Claire and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Meeting and convention planners | $39,270 | 130 | 6.4 | | Food batchmakers | $28,400 | 220 | 6 | | Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | $25,810 | 560 | 6 | | Medical transcriptionists | $29,240 | 210 | 5 | | Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $25,370 | 290 | 4.8 | | Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | $21,240 | 370 | 4.7 | | Logisticians | $54,880 | 110 | 4.4 | | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | $32,760 | 560 | 3.4 | | Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | $38,960 | 240 | 3.2 | | Bartenders | $15,770 | 740 | 2.9 | | (Click for the full list of Eau Claire careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Fond du Lac and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | $30,030 | 210 | 7 | | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | $33,000 | 140 | 4.7 | | Assemblers and fabricators, all other | $21,010 | 190 | 4.2 | | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | $48,340 | 440 | 3.9 | | Industrial machinery mechanics | $43,830 | 190 | 3.6 | | Packers and packagers, hand | $24,430 | 720 | 3.4 | | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | $45,720 | 470 | 3.3 | | Helpers--production workers | $27,530 | 400 | 3.3 | | Bartenders | $16,440 | 400 | 3.2 | | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | $20,910 | 290 | 3.1 | | (Click for the full list of Fond du Lac careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Green Bay, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Green Bay and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | $36,080 | 1,160 | 12.6 | | Vocational education teachers, middle school | $46,470 | 100 | 11.7 | | Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | $25,000 | 210 | 10.9 | | Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | $36,060 | 200 | 7.2 | | Carpet installers | $41,170 | 180 | 6.5 | | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | $26,840 | 380 | 5.6 | | Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | $27,250 | 210 | 5.3 | | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $33,610 | 320 | 4.8 | | Millwrights | $44,030 | 160 | 4.5 | | Bindery workers | $27,420 | 270 | 4.1 | | (Click for the full list of Green Bay careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Janesville, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Janesville and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | $43,130 | 100 | 7.2 | | Medical transcriptionists | $29,530 | 170 | 4.8 | | Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $23,280 | 100 | 4.5 | | Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $32,270 | 100 | 4.2 | | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | $34,220 | 210 | 4.1 | | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | $24,770 | 610 | 3.7 | | Electrical power-line installers and repairers | $50,270 | 100 | 3.7 | | Packers and packagers, hand | $24,300 | 1,320 | 3.6 | | Team assemblers | $28,230 | 1,640 | 3.4 | | Fire fighters | $32,750 | 250 | 3.2 | | (Click for the full list of Janesville careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
La Crosse, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in La Crosse and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | $43,920 | 100 | 27.4 | | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $26,550 | 120 | 4.5 | | Business teachers, postsecondary | $67,020 | 100 | 4.1 | | Radiologic technologists and technicians | $45,180 | 340 | 4 | | Education administrators, postsecondary | $63,570 | 160 | 3.9 | | Prepress technicians and workers | $28,490 | 120 | 3.9 | | Personal and home care aides | $19,450 | 930 | 3.9 | | Highway maintenance workers | $30,120 | 150 | 3.8 | | Production workers, all other | $24,100 | 370 | 3.4 | | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | $28,440 | 130 | 3.3 | | (Click for the full list of La Crosse careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Madison, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Madison and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Farm and home management advisors | $42,400 | 640 | 174.7 | | Bicycle repairers | $26,790 | 140 | 39.2 | | Soil and plant scientists | $45,190 | 260 | 35.2 | | Social science research assistants | $31,440 | 470 | 25.5 | | Atmospheric and space scientists | $59,740 | 170 | 23.9 | | Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators | $53,890 | 100 | 17.4 | | Biochemists and biophysicists | $50,030 | 380 | 15.9 | | Microbiologists | $51,740 | 400 | 14.9 | | Conservation scientists | $57,830 | 210 | 12.6 | | Physicists | $50,910 | 270 | 11.1 | | (Click for the full list of Madison careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Milwaukee and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Model makers, metal and plastic | $48,640 | 220 | 16.2 | | Foundry mold and coremakers | $30,100 | 520 | 15.9 | | Pourers and casters, metal | $29,200 | 430 | 10.8 | | Engine and other machine assemblers | $39,970 | 800 | 9.9 | | Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | $25,970 | 570 | 9.8 | | Shoe and leather workers and repairers | $21,960 | 140 | 8.9 | | Choreographers | $29,320 | 390 | 8.1 | | Bindery workers | $26,690 | 2,150 | 6.1 | | Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $29,710 | 850 | 5.7 | | Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles | $44,420 | 220 | 5.4 | | (Click for the full list of Milwaukee careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Oshkosh, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Oshkosh and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | $32,970 | 2,000 | 43.9 | | Engine and other machine assemblers | $45,380 | 140 | 18.9 | | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $30,790 | 410 | 12.3 | | Mechanical engineering technicians | $47,180 | 190 | 8.4 | | Bindery workers | $33,800 | 240 | 7.4 | | Printing machine operators | $38,860 | 760 | 6.7 | | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | $32,410 | 280 | 5.7 | | Chemists | $60,040 | 210 | 4.7 | | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | $29,100 | 150 | 4.5 | | Maintenance workers, machinery | $36,770 | 160 | 4.2 | | (Click for the full list of Oshkosh careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Racine, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Racine and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $30,690 | 100 | 11.8 | | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $31,900 | 210 | 7.6 | | Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $28,970 | 160 | 6.1 | | Machinists | $35,470 | 890 | 5.3 | | Medical transcriptionists | $30,790 | 200 | 5.1 | | Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $35,930 | 210 | 5 | | Tool and die makers | $44,960 | 190 | 4.5 | | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | $41,270 | 190 | 3.4 | | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $30,820 | 380 | 3.3 | | Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | $26,330 | 280 | 3.2 | | (Click for the full list of Racine careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Sheboygan, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Sheboygan and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $29,760 | 720 | 17 | | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $31,660 | 250 | 12.2 | | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | $27,580 | 180 | 8.7 | | Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $31,630 | 250 | 8 | | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | $32,500 | 200 | 7.1 | | Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $35,980 | 140 | 6.4 | | Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $36,110 | 110 | 6.1 | | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | $20,380 | 400 | 6 | | Machine feeders and offbearers | $23,810 | 210 | 5.5 | | Mechanical drafters | $45,280 | 130 | 5.4 | | (Click for the full list of Sheboygan careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Wausau, Wisconsin Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Wausau and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | $24,820 | 320 | 25.9 | | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | $24,360 | 410 | 15.4 | | Structural metal fabricators and fitters | $38,770 | 260 | 7.2 | | Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $27,550 | 270 | 6.7 | | Highway maintenance workers | $32,430 | 250 | 6.4 | | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $32,280 | 160 | 6.1 | | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $30,900 | 550 | 5.1 | | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | $23,740 | 800 | 4.7 | | Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | $25,710 | 320 | 4.7 | | Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $32,460 | 110 | 4.1 | | (Click for the full list of Wausau careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
* A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Analysis (above) provided by CityTownInfo.com, based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Census.
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