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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Wausau, WI

What professions have the highest employment in Wausau, WI? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Wausau, WI. We note that the total employment in Wausau, WI is 69,270. The most popular job is the laborers and freight, stock, and material mover profession, which employs 1,900 people (2.74 percent of the total employment in Wausau, WI). The second most common job is the miscellaneous assemblers and fabricator profession which employs 1,850 people (2.67 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Wausau, WI is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Wausau, WI (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	69,270	100.00%	$45,220
2	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	1,900	2.74%	$37,850
3	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,850	2.67%	$38,690
4	Registered Nurses	1,640	2.37%	$75,360
5	Customer Service Representatives	1,560	2.25%	$38,240
6	Cashiers	1,530	2.21%	$28,310
7	Retail Salespersons	1,460	2.11%	$29,540
8	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,350	1.95%	$48,450
9	Office Clerks, General	1,300	1.88%	$38,050
10	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,130	1.63%	$29,540
11	Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,120	1.62%	$22,630
12	Food Batchmakers	1,040	1.50%	$46,810
13	Stockers and Order Fillers	1,030	1.49%	$30,050
14	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	990	1.43%	$61,300
15	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	980	1.41%	$62,490
16	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	980	1.41%	$47,150
17	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	860	1.24%	$44,450
18	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	830	1.20%	$30,190
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	810	1.17%	$48,580
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	780	1.13%	$40,370
21	General and Operations Managers	770	1.11%	$119,480
22	Receptionists and Information Clerks	750	1.08%	$36,240
23	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	700	1.01%	$60,600
24	Waiters and Waitresses	690	1.00%	$27,740
25	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	620	0.90%	$42,890
26	Accountants and Auditors	600	0.87%	$72,230
27	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	590	0.85%	$59,120
28	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	580	0.84%	$32,030
29	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	550	0.79%	$62,210
30	Bartenders	540	0.78%	$22,520
31	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	510	0.74%	$43,770
32	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	500	0.72%	$40,040
33	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	500	0.72%	$52,380
34	Restaurant Cooks	480	0.69%	$30,180
35	Construction Laborers	460	0.66%	$45,760
36	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	460	0.66%	$46,000
37	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	460	0.66%	$39,930
38	Nursing Assistants	450	0.65%	$35,790
39	Medical Assistants	450	0.65%	$39,870
40	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	450	0.65%	$35,450
41	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	440	0.64%	$39,630
42	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	410	0.59%	$61,250
43	Food Preparation Workers	410	0.59%	$28,220
44	Industrial Engineers	400	0.58%	$76,880
45	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	400	0.58%	$38,880
46	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	400	0.58%	$48,760
47	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	390	0.56%	$38,770
48	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	360	0.52%	$65,640
49	Project Management Specialists	350	0.51%	$83,590
50	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	350	0.51%	$28,930
51	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	350	0.51%	$48,680
52	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	350	0.51%	$45,410
53	Human Resources Specialists	330	0.48%	$61,310
54	Software Developers	330	0.48%	$100,170
55	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	330	0.48%	$65,650
56	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	320	0.46%	$34,840
57	Electricians	310	0.45%	$73,380
58	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	310	0.45%	$37,520
59	Other Business Operations Specialists	300	0.43%	$61,060
60	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	300	0.43%	$51,830
61	Tellers	300	0.43%	$35,180
62	Loan Interviewers and Clerks	300	0.43%	$36,350
63	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	280	0.40%	$59,660
64	Mechanical Engineers	280	0.40%	$80,440
65	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	280	0.40%	$54,410
66	Carpenters	270	0.39%	$48,170
67	Firefighters	260	0.38%	$37,680
68	Billing and Posting Clerks	260	0.38%	$47,470
69	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	250	0.36%	$73,190
70	Computer User Support Specialists	250	0.36%	$49,520
71	Social and Human Service Assistants	250	0.36%	$45,570
72	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	250	0.36%	$60,230
73	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	250	0.36%	$71,590
74	Driver/Sales Workers	250	0.36%	$25,040
75	Industrial Production Managers	240	0.35%	$101,730
76	Management Analysts	240	0.35%	$85,860
77	Computer Systems Analysts	240	0.35%	$80,590
78	Dental Assistants	230	0.33%	$43,700
79	Counter and Rental Clerks	230	0.33%	$37,190
80	Insurance Sales Agents	230	0.33%	$61,200
81	Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	230	0.33%	$51,670
82	School Bus Drivers	230	0.33%	$36,610
83	Financial Managers	220	0.32%	$124,360
84	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	220	0.32%	$55,570
85	Packers and Packagers	220	0.32%	$35,130
86	Short-Term Substitute Teachers	210	0.30%	$33,570
87	All Other Physicians	210	0.30%	n/a
88	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	210	0.30%	$96,720
89	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	210	0.30%	$30,990
90	Dental Hygienists	200	0.29%	$74,170
91	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	200	0.29%	$66,270
92	Helpers--Production Workers	200	0.29%	$49,750
93	All Other Managers	190	0.27%	$101,900
94	Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	190	0.27%	$47,240
95	Parts Salespersons	190	0.27%	$37,950
96	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	190	0.27%	$48,590
97	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	190	0.27%	$49,100
98	Loan Officers	180	0.26%	$63,800
99	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	180	0.26%	$58,780
100	Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers	180	0.26%	$40,560

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