Wisconsin · SOC 51-0000 · Annual, 2025
Production occupations in Wisconsin
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 51-0000 in Wisconsin, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 302,500 people in Wisconsin worked in production occupations (SOC 51-0000), with an average annual wage of $54,190.
Employment in production occupations in Wisconsin declined 12.4% from 2004 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.8× as concentrated in Wisconsin as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.85). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Wisconsin are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 302,500Employment, 2025
- $54,190Mean annual wage
- 10.3%Share of Wisconsin jobs
- 1.85Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 345,200; 2005 347,500; 2006 348,600; 2007 345,800; 2008 339,900; 2009 300,500; 2010 298,300; 2011 308,100; 2012 315,400; 2013 317,300; 2014 322,000; 2015 324,600; 2016 322,600; 2017 328,100; 2018 334,600; 2019 336,300; 2020 311,700; 2021 314,200; 2022 320,500; 2023 318,900; 2024 307,300; 2025 302,500.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 302,464 | $54,189 | 1.6% |
| 2024 | 307,312 | $51,886 | 3.6% |
| 2023 | 318,901 | $49,997 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 320,496 | $47,937 | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 314,238 | $46,539 | 0.8% |
| 2020 | 311,743 | $43,870 | 7.3% |
| 2019 | 336,253 | $41,667 | 0.5% |
| 2018 | 334,633 | $40,167 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 328,082 | $39,033 | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 322,646 | $37,872 | 0.6% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Production occupations in Wisconsin, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for production occupations in Wisconsin. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.