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Production Occupations Salary Guide (2025)

Official BLS wage data for 105 occupations · May 2025

Occupations
105
Group Avg Mean
$52,042
Top Earner
$46,660

All Production Occupations Occupations

OccupationAnnual Mean
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,660
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,600
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$53,450
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$56,760
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$44,590
Machinists$59,320
Production Workers, All Other$44,380
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,660
Bakers$38,480
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,920
Food Batchmakers$43,750
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,430
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$54,320
Helpers--Production Workers$41,120
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,620
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,960
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$39,280
Printing Press Operators$47,360
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$60,710
Butchers and Meat Cutters$42,380
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$62,540
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,030
Sewing Machine Operators$37,600
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,840
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,090
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$48,290
Slaughterers and Meat Packers$41,770
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,170
Food Processing Workers, All Other$40,300
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$43,570
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,480
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$56,030
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,260
Tool and Die Makers$66,860
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$54,030
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,460
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$43,580
Dental Laboratory Technicians$54,290
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers$71,420
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers$57,790
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$47,500
Print Binding and Finishing Workers$44,460
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$90,630
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,100
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,220
Semiconductor Processing Technicians$60,180
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$42,570
Power Plant Operators$99,790
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$72,210
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$83,960
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials$34,640
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,380
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$53,220
Prepress Technicians and Workers$50,800
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers$57,960
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$40,120
Tire Builders$57,160
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders$45,930
Upholsterers$47,340
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians$43,190
Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · Public domain · Not affiliated with BLS.