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      Wages for Machinists in WISCONSIN

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      Location Pay Period 2022
      Low Median High
      United States Hourly $16.21 $23.32 $34.53
      United States Yearly $33,720 $48,510 $71,820
      Wisconsin Hourly $16.55 $21.60 $30.30
      Wisconsin Yearly $34,430 $44,930 $63,030
      Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area Hourly $18.56 $27.32 $35.64
      Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area Yearly $38,590 $56,830 $74,130
      Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area Hourly $18.02 $24.88 $32.95
      Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area Yearly $37,490 $51,740 $68,530
      Green Bay, WI Metro Area Hourly $18.01 $24.00 $32.94
      Green Bay, WI Metro Area Yearly $37,460 $49,930 $68,510
      Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area Hourly $15.30 $23.36 $36.53
      Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area Yearly $31,830 $48,600 $75,980
      Fond du Lac, WI Metro Area Hourly $15.00 $23.00 $29.42
      Fond du Lac, WI Metro Area Yearly $31,190 $47,840 $61,190
      Appleton, WI Metro Area Hourly $17.64 $22.70 $31.72
      Appleton, WI Metro Area Yearly $36,690 $47,220 $65,980
      Northwestern Wisconsin Balance of State Hourly $15.35 $22.69 $30.49
      Northwestern Wisconsin Balance of State Yearly $31,920 $47,190 $63,420
      La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area Hourly $17.48 $22.04 $28.95
      La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metro Area Yearly $36,350 $45,850 $60,210
      Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro Area Hourly $16.92 $21.92 $30.83
      Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro Area Yearly $35,200 $45,590 $64,120
      Madison, WI Metro Area Hourly $17.12 $21.78 $32.90
      Madison, WI Metro Area Yearly $35,610 $45,300 $68,440
      Western Wisconsin Balance of State Hourly $17.00 $21.50 $30.12
      Western Wisconsin Balance of State Yearly $35,360 $44,730 $62,650
      Northeastern Wisconsin Balance of State Hourly $16.37 $21.43 $29.57
      Northeastern Wisconsin Balance of State Yearly $34,040 $44,570 $61,510
      Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Metro Area Hourly $16.92 $21.17 $30.69
      Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Metro Area Yearly $35,190 $44,020 $63,830
      Sheboygan, WI Metro Area Hourly $17.69 $21.01 $23.04
      Sheboygan, WI Metro Area Yearly $36,800 $43,700 $47,920
      Eau Claire, WI Metro Area Hourly $16.53 $20.90 $29.72
      Eau Claire, WI Metro Area Yearly $34,380 $43,470 $61,810
      Wausau, WI Metro Area Hourly $16.50 $20.35 $28.80
      Wausau, WI Metro Area Yearly $34,320 $42,320 $59,900
      South Central Wisconsin Balance of State Hourly $14.39 $20.21 $28.67
      South Central Wisconsin Balance of State Yearly $29,920 $42,040 $59,640
      Racine, WI Metro Area Hourly $16.37 $19.34 $29.97
      Racine, WI Metro Area Yearly $34,060 $40,230 $62,340
      Janesville-Beloit, WI Metro Area Hourly $15.14 $19.08 $28.99
      Janesville-Beloit, WI Metro Area Yearly $31,500 $39,690 $60,300


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      Occupation Description
      Machinists

      Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures. Machinists who primarily program or operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment are classified in “Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators and Programmers”.

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