Occupational profile · 2025
Wisconsin
Wisconsin employs 2,941,540 people. The work it does most unusually is print binding and finishing workers, at 5.7× the national concentration — 3,560 jobs paying a median of $43,400.
What Wisconsin is distinctive for
Detailed occupations ranked by location quotient. A location quotient is an occupation’s share of a state’s jobs divided by its share of the nation’s. One means the state looks like the country; two means twice the concentration. It is a measure of distinctiveness, not of quality, size or pay. Bars use a logarithmic scale so the lower ranks stay legible beside the leader.
- 1Print Binding and Finishing Workers3,560 jobs · median $43,4005.7×
- 2Food Batchmakers18,040 jobs · median $48,3605.5×
- 3Foundry Mold and Coremakers1,270 jobs · median $44,1305.3×
- 4Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders8,510 jobs · median $58,0504.7×
- 5Psychologists, All Other1,080 jobs · median $81,8603.0×
- 6Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic8,590 jobs · median $44,2303.0×
- 7New Accounts Clerks2,100 jobs · median $48,0503.0×
- 8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers1,610 jobs · median $67,4603.0×
- 9Printing Press Operators8,120 jobs · median $47,3303.0×
- 10Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic3,570 jobs · median $47,3302.8×
- 11Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3,190 jobs · median $50,2302.8×
- 12Material Moving Workers, All Other1,180 jobs · median $35,5802.7×
What Wisconsin is made of
All twenty-two occupational groups by headcount, with the concentration figure beside each. Most states look broadly alike in this view — that is the finding, not a flaw in it.
| Occupation group | Share of state employment | Jobs | vs national | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 329,860 | 0.98× | $47,560 | |
| Production Occupations | 294,570 | 1.82× | $48,490 | |
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | 274,860 | 1.06× | $45,340 | |
| Sales and Related Occupations | 256,830 | 1.01× | $38,370 | |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations | 248,100 | 0.96× | $30,160 | |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations | 189,800 | 1.02× | $85,940 | |
| Business and Financial Operations Occupations | 183,430 | 0.92× | $78,090 | |
| Management Occupations | 170,120 | 0.81× | $123,350 | |
| Educational Instruction and Library Occupations | 163,180 | 0.95× | $58,370 | |
| Healthcare Support Occupations | 148,270 | 0.99× | $38,450 | |
| Construction and Extraction Occupations | 117,220 | 0.96× | $63,660 | |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations | 113,170 | 0.98× | $60,660 | |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations | 87,380 | 1.02× | $37,700 | |
| Computer and Mathematical Occupations | 81,570 | 0.82× | $96,100 | |
| Personal Care and Service Occupations | 55,010 | 0.89× | $36,010 | |
| Protective Service Occupations | 54,430 | 0.76× | $60,110 | |
| Architecture and Engineering Occupations | 50,930 | 1.03× | $84,170 | |
| Community and Social Service Occupations | 42,170 | 0.84× | $59,970 | |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations | 33,750 | 0.87× | $57,110 | |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations | 26,220 | 0.94× | $75,520 | |
| Legal Occupations | 15,670 | 0.63× | $88,760 | |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations | 4,990 | 0.61× | $42,170 |
Elsewhere on Wisconsin
Blank cells are estimates BLS did not release, usually because too few employers reported. They are shown as gaps rather than filled. Detailed occupations are included only where at least 1,000 people are employed, below which a quotient is survey noise. A wage marked “$239,200 or more” is censored at source: BLS does not publish medians above that figure, so the number is a floor rather than the wage. A work of the U.S. government: no copyright subsists (17 U.S.C. §105). BLS OEWS ↗