Sheboygan Employment

Employment and Industries in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Sheboygan than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Sheboygan.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Sheboygan.
A list of any large public companies in Sheboygan.

Most Popular Jobs in Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metro Area (2008 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Registered nurses	830	58,200	$45,240 - 72,940	24%	56%
2	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	590	64,940	$29,150 - 107,360	8%	51%
3	Elementary school teachers, except special education	470	46,620	$27,120 - 66,170	14%	95%
4	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	460	48,470	$27,850 - 68,940	6%	96%
5	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	360	44,710	$24,300 - 65,400	11%	95%
6	Accountants and auditors	320	60,360	$37,520 - 90,750	18%	79%
7	Computer systems analysts	220	64,040	$37,370 - 84,680	29%	68%
8	Mechanical engineers	190	66,870	$46,360 - 93,540	4%	78%
9	Legislators	160	15,840	$14,000 - 16,500	1%	65%
10	Financial managers	160	104,670	$50,080 -	13%	60%
11	Sales managers	160	104,200	$46,910 -	10%	69%
12	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	150	29,540	$14,740 - 50,720	17%	56%
13	Network and computer systems administrators	140	65,450	$45,580 - 96,920	27%	50%
14	Engineering managers	120	110,520	$78,650 - 147,540	7%	84%
15	Chief executives	120	152,270	$84,990 -	2%	65%
16	Management analysts	110	59,920	$33,050 - 88,400	22%	78%
17	Pharmacists	100	114,740	$103,110 - 132,050	22%	97%
18	Network systems and data communications analysts	100	50,720	$42,420 - 69,620	53%	57%
19	Managers, all other	100	57,300	$14,550 - 98,690	7%	55%
20	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	90	54,690	$28,900 - 99,910	25%	67%
21	Special education teachers, secondary school	90	50,400	$33,270 - 71,050	9%	87%
22	Self-enrichment education teachers	90	25,540	$17,970 - 33,240	23%	54%
23	Public relations specialists	90	46,100	$25,900 - 64,580	18%	81%
24	Medical and health services managers	90	79,970	$54,700 - 111,630	16%	57%
25	Child, family, and school social workers	90		$ -	19%	77%
26	Physical therapists	80	68,210	$41,520 - 87,300	27%	89%
27	Electrical engineers	80	69,830	$52,050 - 93,830	6%	81%
28	Computer software engineers, applications	80	66,860	$44,530 - 83,640	45%	85%
29	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	80	49,000	$34,150 - 64,240	20%	87%
30	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	80	55,310	$33,240 - 77,670	13%	73%
31	Special education teachers, middle school	70	44,280	$23,760 - 66,360	16%	87%
32	Graphic designers	70	43,910	$30,250 - 51,810	10%	55%
33	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	70	67,810	$38,720 - 89,300	16%	99%
34	Occupational therapists	60	64,760	$45,120 - 96,400	23%	90%
35	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	60	77,020	$58,300 - 98,860	8%	78%
36	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	60	51,940	$31,870 - 81,020	18%	56%
37	Dentists, general	60	162,620	$107,280 -	9%	100%
38	Coaches and scouts	60	23,180	$14,350 - 44,790	15%	60%
39	Vocational education teachers, secondary school	50	50,420	$33,190 - 66,160	0%	96%
40	Librarians	50	48,100	$19,550 - 71,160	4%	85%
41	Lawyers	50	77,480	$40,910 - 128,580	11%	99%
42	Speech-language pathologists	50	64,370	$44,930 - 87,430	11%	98%
43	Social and human service assistants	40	39,700	$27,770 - 50,580	34%	58%
44	Market research analysts	40	65,350	$38,770 - 98,880	20%	82%
45	Advertising sales agents	40	54,660	$23,270 - 87,440	20%	56%
46	Community and social service specialists, all other	30	34,310	$26,700 - 51,480	25%	58%
47	Human resources managers, all other	30	85,240	$57,740 - 120,750	11%	58%
48	Marketing managers	30	109,560	$58,240 -	14%	69%
49	Medical and public health social workers	30	48,740	$40,160 - 60,420	24%	77%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Cashiers	1,570	18,470	$14,600 - 24,150	-2%	10%
2	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	1,430	27,790	$15,690 - 41,870	2%	5%
3	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,360	17,190	$14,440 - 22,190	18%	5%
4	Retail salespersons	1,350	23,570	$15,030 - 35,970	12%	25%
5	Helpers--production workers	1,260	28,270	$19,160 - 39,240	0%	4%
6	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	1,190	22,530	$16,370 - 33,880	15%	4%
7	Office clerks, general	1,080	26,180	$18,870 - 34,450	13%	19%
8	Team assemblers	1,040	27,010	$17,480 - 39,360	0%	5%
9	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	960	39,950	$27,280 - 56,660	10%	4%
10	Waiters and waitresses	940	18,410	$14,520 - 25,400	11%	14%
11	Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	900	35,500	$26,070 - 41,270	0%	3%
12	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	760	53,610	$39,040 - 72,090	-4%	15%
13	Stock clerks and order fillers	760	21,160	$14,920 - 30,840	-7%	8%
14	Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	720	27,870	$20,770 - 38,340	-12%	0%
15	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	700	26,470	$21,030 - 32,070	18%	7%
16	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	650	30,480	$20,220 - 42,320	13%	16%
17	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	620	29,560	$20,900 - 43,160	-6%	14%
18	Industrial truck and tractor operators	610	30,210	$23,870 - 37,970	-1%	2%
19	Industrial machinery mechanics	590	44,160	$34,170 - 53,080	9%	5%
20	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	550	32,280	$22,070 - 46,220	15%	18%
21	General and operations managers	550	101,350	$45,350 -	2%	48%
22	Bartenders	530	18,570	$15,600 - 21,730	11%	17%
23	Customer service representatives	520	31,080	$21,300 - 42,680	25%	22%
24	Teacher assistants	510	25,290	$17,830 - 31,900	10%	18%
25	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	500	30,280	$21,700 - 39,940	1%	18%
26	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	500	24,880	$14,990 - 40,380	8%	4%
27	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	500	43,980	$22,790 - 67,680	6%	29%
28	Packers and packagers, hand	470	24,150	$14,780 - 36,620	-11%	3%
29	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	460	32,280	$22,820 - 41,490	-14%	0%
30	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	450	28,170	$18,700 - 39,370	18%	6%
31	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	440	34,070	$22,080 - 49,420	4%	25%
32	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	440	19,210	$15,330 - 24,130	13%	5%
33	Home health aides	440	19,910	$16,480 - 26,230	49%	7%
34	Maintenance and repair workers, general	440	37,580	$25,170 - 51,040	10%	6%
35	Carpenters	410	41,470	$26,310 - 59,290	10%	6%
36	Machinists	390	38,600	$31,540 - 48,450	-2%	3%
37	Tellers	380	23,410	$19,160 - 28,750	14%	16%
38	Electricians	360	49,200	$35,020 - 65,130	7%	7%
39	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	360	27,680	$16,940 - 46,430	12%	6%
40	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	310	31,140	$20,270 - 40,090	4%	6%
41	Receptionists and information clerks	310	24,830	$15,940 - 34,140	17%	13%
42	Food batchmakers	290	39,290	$20,790 - 52,860	11%	5%
43	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	280	29,170	$15,870 - 39,410	14%	3%
44	Personal and home care aides	280	18,750	$16,230 - 23,170	51%	10%
45	Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	280	32,350	$22,450 - 41,610	-2%	6%
46	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	270	29,470	$16,190 - 39,960	-4%	5%
47	Assemblers and fabricators, all other	250	31,160	$21,730 - 41,370	-8%	5%
48	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	240	31,650	$17,760 - 48,930	14%	4%
49	Machine feeders and offbearers	240	23,200	$17,170 - 31,990	-14%	0%
50	Cooks, restaurant	240	21,590	$15,490 - 29,440	12%	5%
51	Dishwashers	230	17,170	$14,280 - 21,720	10%	3%
52	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	230	36,960	$28,800 - 45,920	14%	7%
53	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	230	39,400	$26,270 - 54,820	4%	30%
54	Medical assistants	220	30,630	$25,140 - 37,560	35%	10%
55	Construction laborers	210	38,990	$28,140 - 51,240	11%	5%
56	Tool and die makers	210	45,070	$32,540 - 58,470	-9%	5%
57	Food preparation workers	200	17,540	$14,340 - 22,330	15%	7%
58	Business operations specialists, all other	200	54,520	$15,600 - 84,600	21%	49%
59	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	190	36,260	$22,200 - 59,320	11%	14%
60	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	180	43,960	$32,240 - 62,240	9%	3%
61	Child care workers	180	20,530	$16,520 - 25,640	18%	15%
62	Driver/sales workers	180	29,010	$20,550 - 48,760	-4%	4%
63	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	180	54,270	$40,540 - 67,460	7%	13%
64	Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	180	32,360	$18,980 - 49,190	-15%	0%
65	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	180	30,110	$24,960 - 38,010	4%	15%
66	Cost estimators	170	53,360	$34,410 - 80,170	19%	32%
67	Printing machine operators	170	36,250	$19,750 - 52,210	-5%	6%
68	Counter and rental clerks	170	19,510	$14,270 - 30,920	23%	16%
69	Industrial production managers	160	90,400	$55,010 - 142,880	-5%	43%
70	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	160	24,830	$17,350 - 34,490	11%	5%
71	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	150	55,630	$26,770 - 81,280	11%	4%
72	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	150	34,130	$22,860 - 49,680	5%	2%
73	Dental assistants	140	31,530	$23,510 - 40,330	29%	9%
74	Preschool teachers, except special education	140	26,740	$16,990 - 49,910	26%	43%
75	Sales representatives, services, all other	140	48,750	$22,370 - 82,200	28%	48%
76	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	140	61,400	$45,980 - 81,080	9%	10%
77	Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	140	30,190	$19,760 - 38,820	0%	22%
78	Medical secretaries	140	27,860	$21,760 - 33,330	17%	18%
79	Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers	140	19,210	$16,720 - 21,590	19%	31%
80	Postal service mail carriers	140			1%	11%
81	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	130	18,080	$14,660 - 23,060	17%	14%
82	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	130	50,720	$33,260 - 65,600	8%	3%
83	Cooks, fast food	130	20,060	$17,160 - 24,950	8%	5%
84	Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders	130	35,210	$28,780 - 40,630	-8%	3%
85	Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	130	30,770	$24,190 - 38,840	-6%	0%
86	Mechanical drafters	120	43,130	$25,100 - 60,680	5%	25%
87	Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	120	51,470	$36,650 - 69,980	9%	47%
88	Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	120	23,010	$17,950 - 26,330	6%	0%
89	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	120	16,600	$14,530 - 19,740	12%	6%
90	Food servers, nonrestaurant	120			16%	9%
91	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	120	31,980	$23,060 - 41,530	3%	18%
92	Recreation workers	120	21,390	$17,060 - 34,880	13%	47%
93	Chemical equipment operators and tenders	120	49,630	$30,900 - 64,360	-3%	14%
94	Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	120	32,880	$20,440 - 41,920	-4%	4%
95	Pharmacy technicians	120	26,380	$20,990 - 33,550	32%	16%
96	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	110	35,380	$21,250 - 49,560	12%	3%
97	Loan officers	110	61,060	$38,500 - 112,340	12%	49%
98	Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	110	21,220	$15,470 - 27,570	-11%	9%
99	Food service managers	110	37,260	$26,850 - 54,860	5%	24%
100	Computer support specialists	100	34,740	$21,220 - 45,910	13%	43%

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Jobs More Common Near Sheboygan Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	35,500	900	34.8
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	27,870	720	16.6
Food batchmakers	39,290	290	9.9
Legislators	15,840	160	9.7
Chemical equipment operators and tenders	49,630	120	8.9
Helpers--production workers	28,270	1,260	7.7
Tool and die makers	45,070	210	7.5
Machine feeders and offbearers	23,200	240	6.5
Photographic processing machine operators	19,700	100	6.4
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	32,360	180	6.3
Industrial machinery mechanics	44,160	590	6.2
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	32,350	280	6.2
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders	35,210	130	6.2
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	23,010	120	6
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	32,280	460	5.7
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	30,770	130	4.9
Mechanical drafters	43,130	120	4.6
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	29,560	620	3.7
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers	19,210	140	3.7
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	53,610	760	3.3
Industrial production managers	90,400	160	2.9
Bartenders	18,570	530	2.8
Team assemblers	27,010	1,040	2.8
Industrial truck and tractor operators	30,210	610	2.7
Machinists	38,600	390	2.7
Assemblers and fabricators, all other	31,160	250	2.7
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	32,880	120	2.6
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	27,680	360	2.6
Printing machine operators	36,250	170	2.4
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	29,170	280	2.3
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	29,470	270	2.2
Mechanical engineers	66,870	190	2.2
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	39,400	230	2.2
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	21,220	110	2.1
Cost estimators	53,360	170	1.9
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	43,960	180	1.8
Tellers	23,410	380	1.8
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	29,540	150	1.8
Food servers, nonrestaurant		120	1.7
Engineering managers	110,520	120	1.7
Packers and packagers, hand	24,150	470	1.7
Personal and home care aides	18,750	280	1.6
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	27,790	1,430	1.6
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	18,080	130	1.6
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	39,950	960	1.6
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	31,980	120	1.6
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	44,710	360	1.6
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	30,190	140	1.6
Electricians	49,200	360	1.5
Food service managers	37,260	110	1.5

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metro Area (2008 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Food batchmakers	39,290	1.53	290
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	29,170	1.39	280
Construction laborers	38,990	1.25	210
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	55,630	1.21	150
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	36,260	1.2	190
Helpers--production workers	28,270	1.2	1,260
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	50,720	1.19	130
Packers and packagers, hand	24,150	1.18	470
Assemblers and fabricators, all other	31,160	1.18	250
Chemical equipment operators and tenders	49,630	1.17	120
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders	35,210	1.16	130
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	28,170	1.16	450
Cooks, fast food	20,060	1.15	130
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	27,790	1.15	1,430
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	64,940	1.15	590
Teacher assistants	25,290	1.14	510
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	29,470	1.13	270
Financial managers	104,670	1.13	160
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	35,500	1.12	900
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	32,280	1.11	460
Driver/sales workers	29,010	1.11	180
Printing machine operators	36,250	1.11	170
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	26,470	1.1	700
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	27,680	1.1	360
Maintenance and repair workers, general	37,580	1.09	440
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	31,140	1.09	310
Medical assistants	30,630	1.09	220
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	43,960	1.07	180
Network and computer systems administrators	65,450	1.07	140
Child care workers	20,530	1.06	180
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	39,950	1.06	960
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	32,360	1.06	180
Sales managers	104,200	1.06	160
Carpenters	41,470	1.06	410
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	61,400	1.06	140
General and operations managers	101,350	1.05	550
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	24,830	1.05	160
Preschool teachers, except special education	26,740	1.05	140
Electricians	49,200	1.05	360
Customer service representatives	31,080	1.05	520
Machinists	38,600	1.05	390
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	30,280	1.04	500
Receptionists and information clerks	24,830	1.04	310
Loan officers	61,060	1.03	110
Office clerks, general	26,180	1.03	1,080
Industrial production managers	90,400	1.02	160
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	32,880	1.02	120
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	53,610	1.01	760
Chief executives	152,270	1.01	120
Accountants and auditors	60,360	1.01	320

Highest Paying Jobs in Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metro Area (2008 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Dentists, general	162,620	60
Chief executives	152,270	120
Family and general practitioners	131,380	60
Pharmacists	114,740	100
Engineering managers	110,520	120
Marketing managers	109,560	30
Training and development managers	108,340
Financial managers	104,670	160
Sales managers	104,200	160
Computer and information systems managers	103,910
General and operations managers	101,350	550
Industrial production managers	90,400	160
Materials engineers	86,680
Human resources managers, all other	85,240	30
Database administrators	82,840
Medical and health services managers	79,970	90
Financial analysts	77,900
Lawyers	77,480	50
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	77,020	60
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	75,460
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	74,130	50
Electrical engineers	69,830	80
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	68,960	70
Physical therapists	68,210	80
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	67,810	70
Civil engineers	67,010
Mechanical engineers	66,870	190
Computer software engineers, applications	66,860	80
Budget analysts	66,280
Network and computer systems administrators	65,450	140
Market research analysts	65,350	40
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	64,940	590
Occupational therapists	64,760	60
Speech-language pathologists	64,370	50
Personal financial advisors	64,200
Computer systems analysts	64,040	220
Industrial engineers	63,680
Logisticians	62,230
Dental hygienists	61,530	60
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	61,400	140
Conservation scientists	61,160
Loan officers	61,060	110
Architects, except landscape and naval	60,890
Accountants and auditors	60,360	320
Management analysts	59,920	110
Registered nurses	58,200	830
Managers, all other	57,300	100
Occupational health and safety specialists	57,040
Computer programmers	56,850
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	55,630	150

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Exceptional Schools. Lists of the "best/most/highest/lowest" schools.

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