Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area

236 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 5500001.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Cashiers	1,770
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1,430
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,020
Retail Salespersons	990
Office Clerks, General	990
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	960
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	950
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	940
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	890
Stockers and Order Fillers	790
Bartenders	750
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	710
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	680
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	660
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	650
Nursing Assistants	620
Waiters and Waitresses	620
Cooks, Restaurant	590
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	550
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	550

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Foresters	32.68	110
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	30.60	390
Logging Equipment Operators	19.75	130
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	16.38	310
Forest and Conservation Technicians	11.03	100
Food Batchmakers	10.05	550
Highway Maintenance Workers	8.71	420
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	4.48	240
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	3.46	410
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	3.27	1,430
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	3.24	130
Bartenders	3.18	750
Emergency Medical Technicians	3.16	180
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	2.71	110
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	2.64	200
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	2.60	500
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.60	550
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	2.57	100
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	2.48	160
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	2.45	200

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$400,870
Dentists, General	$206,030
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$149,530
Pharmacists	$149,310
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$131,710
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$129,990
Personal Financial Advisors	$129,060
Marketing Managers	$127,460
Nurse Practitioners	$127,400
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$125,990
Sales Managers	$125,650
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$114,640
Medical and Health Services Managers	$113,110
Physical Therapists	$108,450
Lawyers	$107,970
Software Developers	$106,820
Veterinarians	$103,270
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$103,050
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$101,920
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$101,850

All 236 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	280	$74,210	0.62
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	30	$85,150	0.39
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	50	$33,260	0.40
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	120	$29,990	1.45
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$67,410	1.29
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	30	$131,710	0.47
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$49,910	1.25
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	220	$48,850	1.01
Bakers `51-3011`	70	$35,370	1.00
Bartenders `35-3011`	750	$24,960	3.18
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	140	$47,540	1.11
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	550	$47,540	1.29
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	240	$47,440	1.94
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	130	$59,950	1.43
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	120	$75,360	0.36
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	70	$45,880	1.53
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	130	$64,940	0.85
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	70	$47,860	2.72
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	40	$67,640	1.22
Carpenters `47-2031`	300	$50,690	1.44
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,770	$29,670	1.84
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	90	$61,220	1.39
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	160	$149,530	2.48
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	190	$56,290	1.58
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	60	$38,680	0.35
Chiropractors `29-1011`	30	$97,800	2.47
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$63,960	1.71
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	80	$88,990	0.66
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	90	$34,210	0.80
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	70	$71,750	0.70
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	40	$44,210	0.48
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	120	$44,910	2.39
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	70	$72,080	0.53
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	240	$47,470	4.48
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	30	$75,440	0.22
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	100	$57,680	0.44
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	40	$114,640	0.18
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	80	$79,540	9.34
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	460	$54,300	1.35
Construction Managers `11-9021`	80	$95,580	0.65
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	70	$28,010	0.33
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	240	$37,840	1.73
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	590	$35,650	1.34
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	170	$54,110	1.46
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	90	$77,600	1.24
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$45,410	0.70
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	40	$47,720	0.78
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	530	$43,780	0.65
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	100	$43,110	1.84
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	$37,960	0.97
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$46,820	0.98
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$94,050	1.17
Dentists, General `29-1021`	50	$206,030	1.17
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	40	$70,740	0.99
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	80	$26,830	0.46
Dishwashers `35-9021`	190	$24,960	1.26
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$48,020	0.66
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	140	$31,000	1.06
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	100	$103,050	0.98
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$61,440	0.91
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	$89,680	0.61
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	100	$100,890	2.57
Electricians `47-2111`	150	$63,160	0.63
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	660	$60,140	1.53
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	90	$50,290	1.77
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	180	$38,750	3.16
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	30	$71,760	1.23
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	40	$57,240	0.28
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$101,920	0.73
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	40	$31,470	0.46
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	950	$28,060	0.79
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	140	$125,990	0.55
Firefighters `33-2011`	Not available	$62,820
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	280	$74,210	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	370	$38,310	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$45,650	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	110	$69,620	2.71
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	190	$73,400	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$70,620	0.56
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	330	$62,590	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	60	$46,370	1.81
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	70	$79,580	1.49
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	550	$63,240	2.60
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	370	$46,480	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	110	$60,330	0.58
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	550	$49,370	10.05
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	330	$30,680	1.20
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	120	$33,690	1.29
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	100	$55,280	1.37
Forest and Conservation Technicians `19-4071`	100	$53,930	11.03
Forest and Conservation Workers `45-4011`	60	$33,780	34.00
Foresters `19-1032`	110	$66,570	32.68
Gambling Dealers `39-3011`	40	$27,860	1.58
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	520	$98,070	0.47
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$53,010	0.59
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	40	$44,960	2.09
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	70	$33,160	0.75
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$61,680	1.17
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	40	$47,120	1.10
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$61,690	1.03
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	940	$57,280	1.47
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$30,610	1.06
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	30	$45,330	0.63
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	420	$54,020	8.71
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,020	$35,820	0.76
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	90	$29,510	0.65
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	200	$30,370	2.45
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	170	$64,050	0.60
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	110	$79,920	0.99
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	160	$62,290	1.18
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	160	$101,850	2.14
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	120	$45,170	0.51
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	100	$30,700	2.38
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	290	$46,520	1.54
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	40	$50,090	0.67
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	30	$101,690	0.46
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	110	$72,720	0.73
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	710	$37,330	1.03
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$57,340	1.08
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	960	$39,610	1.04
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	400	$39,110	1.36
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	50	$33,590	0.81
Lawyers `23-1011`	80	$107,970	0.33
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	60	$60,390	1.37
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$36,850	1.42
Library Technicians `25-4031`	80	$32,350	3.85
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	140	$62,950	0.71
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	50	$27,850	0.92
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	150	$37,530	0.50
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	50	$48,260	1.03
Loan Officers `13-2072`	100	$75,570	1.14
Lodging Managers `11-9081`	50	$56,660	4.00
Log Graders and Scalers `45-4023`	50	$46,150	51.38
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	130	$46,360	19.75
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$63,760	0.48
Machinists `51-4041`	200	$59,740	2.19
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	420	$34,980	1.59
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	650	$47,470	1.36
Management Analysts `13-1111`	50	$100,250	0.18
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	500	$71,340	2.60
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	120	$55,580	0.43
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	40	$127,460	0.30
Material Moving Workers, All Other `53-7199`	Not available	$34,320
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	50	$37,210	1.12
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	110	$82,630	1.14
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	190	$47,560	0.74
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$51,710	0.79
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	80	$46,850	0.26
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	110	$113,110	0.58
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	30	$47,130	0.76
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	450	$61,000	2.35
Millwrights `49-9044`	40	$59,700	2.94
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	1,430	$44,180	3.27
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	30	$39,790	1.03
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$60,740	0.73
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	70	$46,400	1.42
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3051`	40	$50,170	4.99
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	30	$51,820	0.81
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	80	$75,030	0.83
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	100	$127,400	0.97
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	620	$44,810	1.38
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	60	$90,630	1.24
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	990	$45,140	1.30
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	80	$27,040	1.31
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	240	$64,160	1.60
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics `49-3053`	40	$47,590	3.17
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	410	$46,850	3.46
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	130	$32,830	0.73
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	60	$50,980	0.46
Paramedics `29-2043`	Not available	$48,700
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	90	$38,620	1.04
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$50,100	0.89
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	$129,060	0.42
Pharmacists `29-1051`	70	$149,310	0.66
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	150	$44,220	1.05
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	70	$108,450	0.88
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$129,990	0.70
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	90	$400,870	0.84
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4193`	30	$37,220	3.05
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	150	$76,700	1.02
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	390	$62,400	1.86
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	80	$59,970	3.32
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	190	$54,430	1.89
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	100	$35,320	0.70
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	40	$39,740	0.79
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$58,120	1.30
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	70	$43,810	0.85
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	180	$48,200	1.48
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	160	$94,170	0.47
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	60	$59,220	2.21
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$56,640	0.49
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	80	$49,120	2.55
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	90	$82,200	1.24
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	60	$52,520	0.92
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	400	$39,120	1.41
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	140	$34,830	1.33
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	890	$88,580	0.85
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	50	$47,580	1.72
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	40	$39,140	1.56
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	990	$34,770	0.82
Sales Managers `11-2022`	100	$125,650	0.49
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	140	$57,610	0.35
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	440	$61,020	1.13
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	390	$44,650	30.60
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	440	$59,070	1.33
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	440	$44,720	0.82
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	60	$59,120	0.36
Security Guards `33-9032`	160	$34,310	0.40
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners `47-4071`	40	$46,680	3.69
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	50	$37,010	1.56
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	310	$45,530	1.22
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	200	$36,270	2.64
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	110	$80,040	1.65
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	170	$51,590	1.26
Software Developers `15-1252`	50	$106,820	0.10
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	90	$59,180	1.12
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	60	$61,860	2.19
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	60	$64,330	1.23
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	30	$89,200	0.57
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	790	$32,280	0.89
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	130	$64,690	0.87
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	170	$37,690	1.02
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	680	$36,540	1.54
Tellers `43-3071`	230	$38,000	2.26
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers `23-2093`	50	$47,940	3.04
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	110	$64,670	0.74
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	80	$58,930	1.10
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	90	$80,050	6.27
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$103,270	1.28
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	50	$35,340	1.33
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	60	$44,810	1.49
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	620	$29,160	0.88
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	130	$57,280	3.24
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	190	$56,230	1.43
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	310	$45,970	16.38
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists `19-1023`	30	$68,370	5.32