Jobs in the Green Bay, WI area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Green Bay, WI metro area has 130 open job postings from 34 employers in our data. 9.5% list a pay range, the median posted pay is – a year, 3.1% are remote and 13.8% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
9.5% of open job postings list a pay range, 92nd of 99 metro areas.
13.8% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 25 days), 97th highest of 99 metro areas.
Housing costs run 25% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($50,000) is worth $53,500 in average-US dollars, 28th of 99 metro areas.
The unemployment rate is 3.1%, 1 points below the median of the metro areas in this report.
Green Bay compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
130open postings from 34 employers
9.5%list a pay range
–median posted pay
3.1%remote
3.1%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$50,000official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
13.8%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 3.1% in 2026-08 (2.8% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Wisconsin, employers had 115,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 3.7% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 13.2% above its February 2020 level and 3% higher than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Green Bay, WI
80
27
n/a
–
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Retail & E-commerce
55
Insurance
20
Healthcare & Life Sciences
19
Employers with the most openings
Hy-Vee: 18 postings
Amerilux International: 18 postings
Careers Hgistores: 11 postings
Renuity: 8 postings
Dave & Buster's: 8 postings
Federal government hiring
29 federal job announcements open to the public list Green Bay, WI, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $112,500. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (17), Veterans Health Administration (3), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2), Drug Enforcement Administration (1), Internal Revenue Service (1). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Green Bay, WI area run 7% below the national average, and housing runs 25% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $50,000, which is worth $53,500 in average-US dollars.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
