SOC 53-7064 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Sheboygan, WI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in Sheboygan, WI is $47,550. The 10th percentile is $30,180 and the 90th percentile is $50,870. Employment is 410.

Median annual wage

$47,550

10th percentile
$30,180
25th percentile
$36,590
Median
$47,550
75th percentile
$50,870
90th percentile
$50,870
Mean
$43,870

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Packers and Packagers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $30,180 and the 90th percentile is $50,870. The difference is $20,690, which is 43.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $36,590 to the 75th at $50,870, covers $14,280.

The mean annual wage is $43,870, which sits below the median of $47,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sheboygan, WI median is 31.1% higher than the national median of $36,280 for Packers and Packagers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,578, which is 39.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 32% higher than the Wisconsin median of $36,010.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sheboygan, WI is 94.014, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packers and Packagers, Hand at $50,578 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

30 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Packers and Packagers, Hand. Sheboygan, WI ranks 1st of 31 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Fond du Lac, WI is 38 miles away, with a median of $34,550 and employment of 120. That median is 27.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,701, against $50,578 here.
  • Appleton, WI is 50 miles away, with a median of $37,440 and employment of 830. That median is 21.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,511, against $50,578 here.
  • Oshkosh-Neenah, WI is 52 miles away, with a median of $38,630 and employment of 400. That median is 18.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,569, against $50,578 here.

Employment share

Packers and Packagers, Hand accounts for 0.68% of wage-and-salary employment in Sheboygan, WI (410 of 60,630). Nationally the occupation is 0.36% of employment (559,820 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.88 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Sheboygan, WI · Packers and Packagers, Hand by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Sheboygan, WI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in Sheboygan, WI is $47,550. The 10th percentile is $30,180 and the 90th percentile is $50,870. Employment is 410.

How does that compare with the national median for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

The local median is 31.1% higher than the national median of $36,280.

What is Packers and Packagers, Hand pay in Sheboygan, WI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sheboygan, WI is 94.014, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,550 is $50,578. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Sheboygan, WI compare with nearby metros for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

Fond du Lac, WI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 38 miles away, at $34,550. Sheboygan, WI ranks 1st of 31 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.