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

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Highest-paying jobs in Wausau 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 Wausau that don’t require a college degree.

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#50. Massage therapists

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $44,160
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,180
- Employment: 107,240
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

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

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $44,380
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,560
- Employment: 208,480
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

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#48. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $44,730
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,360
- Employment: 266,330
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#47. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $45,200
- Employment: 930

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,190
- Employment: 410,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#46. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $45,210
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,500
- Employment: 697,510
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

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#45. Maintenance and repair workers, general

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $45,670
- Employment: 1,030

National
- Annual mean salary: $41,960
- Employment: 1,418,990
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#44. Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $45,800
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,370
- Employment: 51,160
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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Canva

#43. Painters, construction and maintenance

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $46,070
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,640
- Employment: 232,760
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential

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#42. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $46,400
- Employment: 180

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,420
- Employment: 342,040
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

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#41. Food service managers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $46,500
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,820
- Employment: 235,470
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#40. Construction laborers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $47,020
- Employment: 440

National
- Annual mean salary: $41,730
- Employment: 1,020,350
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential

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#39. Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $47,260
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,100
- Employment: 199,360
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#38. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $47,510
- Employment: 1,410

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,850
- Employment: 1,856,130
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

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#37. Maintenance workers, machinery

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $48,160
- Employment: 80

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

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#36. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $48,370
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,920
- Employment: 542,690
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#35. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $48,460
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,670
- Employment: 120,900
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#34. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $48,760
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,640
- Employment: 370,380
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#33. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $48,980
- Employment: 580

National
- Annual mean salary: $43,000
- Employment: 76,890
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#32. Hazardous materials removal workers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $49,110
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,740
- Employment: 44,240
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#31. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $49,200
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,730
- Employment: 25,570
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

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#30. Cement masons and concrete finishers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $49,480
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,330
- Employment: 196,120
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential

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#29. Computer user support specialists

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $50,990
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,550
- Employment: 647,330
- Entry level education requirements: Some college, no degree

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#28. Community health workers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,350
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,390
- Employment: 58,950
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#27. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,430
- Employment: 40

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

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#26. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,640
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,840
- Employment: 147,800
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#25. Industrial machinery mechanics

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,710
- Employment: 300

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,320
- Employment: 387,630
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#24. Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $51,940
- Employment: 640

National
- Annual mean salary: $40,980
- Employment: 100,290
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#23. Postal service mail carriers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $52,140
- Employment: 130

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

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#22. Tool and die makers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $52,340
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,980
- Employment: 70,770
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

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#21. Automotive body and related repairers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $52,610
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,390
- Employment: 144,180
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#20. Electricians

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $53,470
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,370
- Employment: 688,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#19. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $54,430
- Employment: 280

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,760
- Employment: 1,039,670
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#18. Construction and building inspectors

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $54,810
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,390
- Employment: 110,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#17. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $55,630
- Employment: 40

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

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#16. Surgical technologists

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $55,930
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,110
- Employment: 109,000
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

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#15. Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $56,590
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $42,760
- Employment: 29,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#14. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $60,020
- Employment: 970

National
- Annual mean salary: $65,220
- Employment: 631,100
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#13. Sheet metal workers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $60,430
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,480
- Employment: 131,300
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#12. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $60,650
- Employment: 560

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,130
- Employment: 1,487,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#11. Insurance sales agents

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $60,880
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,780
- Employment: 410,050
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#10. Advertising sales agents

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $61,980
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,660
- Employment: 129,740
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#9. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $62,540
- Employment: 930

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

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#8. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $65,440
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,550
- Employment: 485,700
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#7. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $65,480
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,440
- Employment: 626,180
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#6. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $66,000
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,210
- Employment: 405,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#5. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $72,010
- Employment: 430

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,940
- Employment: 287,960
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#4. Brickmasons and blockmasons

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $72,360
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,470
- Employment: 60,650
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#3. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $73,280
- Employment: 70

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

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#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $90,860
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $103,320
- Employment: 132,040
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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#1. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

Wausau, WI
- Annual mean salary: $94,990
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,180
- Employment: 249,090
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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