Highest-paying jobs in Green Bay that don't require a college degree

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January 4, 2021
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Highest-paying jobs in Green Bay that don't require a college degree

From the moment they first set foot on campus, today's high-school students are inundated with messages about the importance of receiving a college education. They hear it from their guidance counselors, teachers, parents, family members, neighbors, coaches—the list goes on and on. While graduation from a four-year college can certainly work wonders for students' future careers, it's not necessary for all fields—something admissions officers and guidance counselors sometimes fail to mention.

To find the highest-paying jobs that don't require a college degree, Stacker consulted the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook to compile a list of all jobs that don't require higher education. All professions that listed a high-school diploma, some college education (without a degree conferred), postsecondary non-degree award, or no formal education requirements for entry-level positions were considered. Jobs that didn't list any entry-level education requirement were excluded, as were job titles that grouped several positions together. Jobs are ranked by 2019 annual mean wage.

Keep reading to discover the highest-paying jobs in Green Bay that don’t require a college degree.

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#50. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $47,170
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,560
- Employment: 208,480
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#49. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $47,300
- Employment: 910

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,830
- Employment: 1,171,900
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#48. Motorboat mechanics and service technicians

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $47,640
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $43,440
- Employment: 22,940
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#47. Advertising sales agents

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $47,670
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,660
- Employment: 129,740
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#46. Computer numerically controlled tool operators

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $48,250
- Employment: 740

National
- Annual mean salary: $43,170
- Employment: 151,700
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#45. Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $48,500
- Employment: 350

National
- Annual mean salary: $39,920
- Employment: 125,340
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#44. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $48,970
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,340
- Employment: 103,580
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#43. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $49,110
- Employment: 510

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,360
- Employment: 266,330
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#42. Chefs and head cooks

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $49,630
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,310
- Employment: 128,190
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#41. Cement masons and concrete finishers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $50,170
- Employment: 400

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,330
- Employment: 196,120
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
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#40. Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $50,440
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $42,760
- Employment: 29,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#39. Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $50,460
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,580
- Employment: 44,090
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#38. Industrial machinery mechanics

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $50,670
- Employment: 980

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,320
- Employment: 387,630
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#37. Computer user support specialists

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $50,800
- Employment: 570

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,550
- Employment: 647,330
- Entry level education requirements: Some college, no degree
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#36. Postal service clerks

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,230
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,610
- Employment: 81,170
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#35. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,420
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,840
- Employment: 147,800
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#34. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,650
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,190
- Employment: 102,390
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#33. Surgical technologists

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,700
- Employment: 230

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,110
- Employment: 109,000
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#31 (tie). Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,850
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,730
- Employment: 25,570
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#31 (tie). Postal service mail carriers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,850
- Employment: 360

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,180
- Employment: 339,650
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#30. Carpenters

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $52,450
- Employment: 1,150

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,850
- Employment: 734,170
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#29. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $53,120
- Employment: 240

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,920
- Employment: 542,690
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#28. Food service managers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $53,280
- Employment: 270

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,820
- Employment: 235,470
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#27. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $53,430
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,420
- Employment: 342,040
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#26. Brickmasons and blockmasons

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $53,500
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,470
- Employment: 60,650
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#25. Cargo and freight agents

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $53,620
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,770
- Employment: 95,810
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#24. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $55,560
- Employment: 1,140

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,760
- Employment: 1,039,670
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#23. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $55,630
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,490
- Employment: 123,730
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#22. Glaziers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $55,960
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,810
- Employment: 52,400
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#21. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $55,970
- Employment: 600

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,940
- Employment: 287,960
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#20. Real estate sales agents

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $56,580
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,060
- Employment: 162,330
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#19. Maintenance workers, machinery

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $56,760
- Employment: 290

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,450
- Employment: 72,890
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#18. Electricians

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $56,770
- Employment: 590

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,370
- Employment: 688,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#17. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $58,520
- Employment: 1,590

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,130
- Employment: 1,487,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#16. Construction and building inspectors

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $60,010
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,390
- Employment: 110,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#15. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $62,950
- Employment: 380

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,210
- Employment: 405,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#14. Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $63,850
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,610
- Employment: 16,290
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
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#13. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $64,340
- Employment: 1,570

National
- Annual mean salary: $65,220
- Employment: 631,100
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#12. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $64,540
- Employment: 2,660

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,110
- Employment: 1,344,530
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#11. Pipelayers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $65,140
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $43,600
- Employment: 36,270
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
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#10. Insurance sales agents

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $67,630
- Employment: 670

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,780
- Employment: 410,050
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#9. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $69,430
- Employment: 670

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,550
- Employment: 485,700
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#8. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $69,770
- Employment: 630

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,800
- Employment: 442,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#7. Millwrights

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $72,590
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,050
- Employment: 47,320
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#6. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $73,410
- Employment: 580

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,440
- Employment: 626,180
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#4 (tie). Detectives and criminal investigators

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $87,740
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,030
- Employment: 105,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#4 (tie). First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $87,740
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $94,950
- Employment: 121,340
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#3. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $90,500
- Employment: 440

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,180
- Employment: 249,090
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $109,160
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $103,320
- Employment: 132,040
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#1. Real estate brokers

Green Bay, WI
- Annual mean salary: $114,570
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,450
- Employment: 42,730
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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