Production Salaries
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Wage
Estimates |
| Occupation
Title |
Employment
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Median Hourly
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Mean Hourly
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Mean Annual
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Production Occupations
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10,488,450 |
$12.32 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production
and Operating Workers |
705,270 |
$21.02 |
$22.45 |
$46,690 |
| Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems
Assemblers |
26,150 |
$18.60 |
$18.23 |
$37,920 |
| Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers |
33,590 |
$11.48 |
$12.17 |
$25,320 |
| Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers |
245,700 |
$11.28 |
$12.20 |
$25,380 |
| Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers |
54,690 |
$12.52 |
$13.09 |
$27,230 |
| Engine and Other Machine Assemblers |
50,410 |
$15.58 |
$16.31 |
$33,920 |
| Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters |
85,330 |
$13.94 |
$14.60 |
$30,380 |
| Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators |
31,820 |
$11.87 |
$12.30 |
$25,580 |
| Team Assemblers |
1,138,100 |
$11.14 |
$12.10 |
$25,160 |
| Timing Device Assemblers, Adjusters, and Calibrators |
5,280 |
$12.79 |
$13.55 |
$28,180 |
| Bakers |
157,110 |
$10.09 |
$10.86 |
$22,600 |
| Butchers and Meat Cutters |
132,370 |
$12.30 |
$13.07 |
$27,180 |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers |
150,440 |
$8.69 |
$9.17 |
$19,060 |
| Slaughterers and Meat Packers |
122,490 |
$9.82 |
$9.94 |
$20,680 |
| Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying
Machine Operators and Tenders |
17,800 |
$11.89 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Food Batchmakers |
74,650 |
$10.53 |
$11.24 |
$23,390 |
| Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders |
34,480 |
$10.31 |
$10.99 |
$22,860 |
| Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal
and Plastic |
126,150 |
$14.14 |
$14.74 |
$30,650 |
| Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers |
17,820 |
$18.43 |
$19.24 |
$40,020 |
| Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
93,600 |
$12.72 |
$13.08 |
$27,210 |
| Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
Metal and Plastic |
41,230 |
$13.10 |
$14.28 |
$29,700 |
| Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
Metal and Plastic |
42,090 |
$13.88 |
$14.44 |
$30,040 |
| Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
260,560 |
$12.12 |
$12.70 |
$26,410 |
| Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
48,730 |
$13.29 |
$14.22 |
$29,570 |
| Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine
Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
97,660 |
$12.80 |
$13.83 |
$28,770 |
| Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
70,300 |
$14.57 |
$15.04 |
$31,290 |
| Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
28,580 |
$14.48 |
$14.91 |
$31,020 |
| Machinists |
368,740 |
$15.91 |
$16.30 |
$33,900 |
| Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders |
17,810 |
$15.24 |
$15.65 |
$32,550 |
| Pourers and Casters, Metal |
12,770 |
$13.64 |
$14.33 |
$29,810 |
| Model Makers, Metal and Plastic |
7,900 |
$20.90 |
$20.98 |
$43,630 |
| Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic |
6,090 |
$17.45 |
$18.19 |
$37,830 |
| Foundry Mold and Coremakers |
20,770 |
$13.05 |
$14.01 |
$29,130 |
| Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
144,140 |
$11.51 |
$12.36 |
$25,720 |
| Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and
Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
100,320 |
$13.97 |
$15.20 |
$31,620 |
| Tool and Die Makers |
104,210 |
$20.67 |
$21.10 |
$43,900 |
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers |
354,300 |
$14.25 |
$15.06 |
$31,330 |
| Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders |
53,750 |
$13.99 |
$15.18 |
$31,580 |
| Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and
Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
27,290 |
$13.63 |
$14.39 |
$29,930 |
| Lay-Out Workers, Metal and Plastic |
12,540 |
$15.37 |
$16.08 |
$33,450 |
| Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
40,800 |
$12.34 |
$13.00 |
$27,030 |
| Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners |
22,320 |
$14.22 |
$15.02 |
$31,250 |
| Bindery Workers |
81,840 |
$10.82 |
$11.81 |
$24,570 |
| Bookbinders |
6,550 |
$13.87 |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| Job Printers |
54,790 |
$14.83 |
$15.65 |
$32,560 |
| Prepress Technicians and Workers |
82,970 |
$15.22 |
$15.95 |
$33,170 |
| Printing Machine Operators |
189,900 |
$14.11 |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers |
217,820 |
$8.14 |
$8.64 |
$17,960 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials |
87,500 |
$8.27 |
$8.61 |
$17,900 |
| Sewing Machine Operators |
265,200 |
$8.51 |
$9.12 |
$18,960 |
| Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers |
8,090 |
$9.40 |
$9.98 |
$20,750 |
| Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders |
6,020 |
$9.89 |
$10.24 |
$21,300 |
| Sewers, Hand |
18,790 |
$8.65 |
$9.57 |
$19,900 |
| Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers |
32,150 |
$10.51 |
$11.62 |
$24,170 |
| Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators
and Tenders |
24,280 |
$10.30 |
$10.56 |
$21,960 |
| Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and
Tenders |
32,170 |
$9.87 |
$10.47 |
$21,770 |
| Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders |
47,720 |
$11.37 |
$11.42 |
$23,740 |
| Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
60,550 |
$10.62 |
$11.08 |
$23,040 |
| Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers |
26,700 |
$13.55 |
$13.68 |
$28,460 |
| Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers |
10,310 |
$13.72 |
$16.30 |
$33,910 |
| Upholsterers |
39,660 |
$12.18 |
$12.97 |
$26,980 |
| Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters |
126,350 |
$11.81 |
$12.56 |
$26,120 |
| Furniture Finishers |
28,770 |
$11.13 |
$11.82 |
$24,590 |
| Model Makers, Wood |
3,820 |
$12.24 |
$14.19 |
$29,520 |
| Patternmakers, Wood |
3,470 |
$14.25 |
$14.93 |
$31,060 |
| Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
Wood |
55,130 |
$10.65 |
$11.12 |
$23,130 |
| Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
Except Sawing |
89,410 |
$10.76 |
$11.28 |
$23,470 |
| Nuclear Power Reactor Operators |
3,710 |
$29.72 |
$29.99 |
$62,380 |
| Power Distributors and Dispatchers |
10,270 |
$26.45 |
$26.73 |
$55,590 |
| Power Plant Operators |
33,250 |
$24.45 |
$24.15 |
$50,220 |
| Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators |
48,880 |
$20.87 |
$21.32 |
$44,340 |
| Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System
Operators |
95,870 |
$16.30 |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Chemical Plant and System Operators |
56,270 |
$21.18 |
$21.10 |
$43,880 |
| Gas Plant Operators |
11,180 |
$23.45 |
$23.53 |
$48,940 |
| Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators,
and Gaugers |
40,980 |
$24.02 |
$22.97 |
$47,780 |
| Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders |
59,720 |
$18.62 |
$18.75 |
$39,000 |
| Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating,
and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
37,360 |
$15.25 |
$15.99 |
$33,260 |
| Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders |
43,320 |
$12.96 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand |
43,910 |
$11.10 |
$12.03 |
$25,030 |
| Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators,
and Tenders |
106,610 |
$13.43 |
$13.94 |
$28,990 |
| Cutters and Trimmers, Hand |
30,110 |
$10.79 |
$12.01 |
$24,980 |
| Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators,
and Tenders |
70,960 |
$12.53 |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting
Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
73,990 |
$13.05 |
$13.84 |
$28,780 |
| Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators
and Tenders |
30,320 |
$13.95 |
$14.63 |
$30,430 |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers |
497,300 |
$13.34 |
$14.65 |
$30,470 |
| Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers |
30,360 |
$13.06 |
$14.48 |
$30,120 |
| Dental Laboratory Technicians |
45,480 |
$14.10 |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| Medical Appliance Technicians |
11,270 |
$13.41 |
$14.82 |
$30,820 |
| Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians |
30,300 |
$10.67 |
$11.42 |
$23,760 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders |
400,680 |
$10.45 |
$11.40 |
$23,700 |
| Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders |
93,110 |
$12.37 |
$13.06 |
$27,160 |
| Painters, Transportation Equipment |
46,600 |
$16.39 |
$17.56 |
$36,520 |
| Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers |
29,590 |
$10.41 |
$11.36 |
$23,640 |
| Photographic Process Workers |
27,170 |
$9.79 |
$11.19 |
$23,280 |
| Photographic Processing Machine Operators |
54,750 |
$9.11 |
$10.14 |
$21,100 |
| Semiconductor Processors |
50,160 |
$13.29 |
$14.14 |
$29,410 |
| Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders |
25,390 |
$11.24 |
$11.98 |
$24,920 |
| Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment
Operators and Tenders |
17,590 |
$11.07 |
$11.99 |
$24,950 |
| Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and
Tenders |
7,920 |
$10.31 |
$11.46 |
$23,830 |
| Etchers and Engravers |
8,800 |
$10.69 |
$11.94 |
$24,840 |
| Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and
Plastic |
37,600 |
$11.91 |
$12.70 |
$26,420 |
| Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
109,600 |
$13.91 |
$14.29 |
$29,720 |
| Tire Builders |
14,830 |
$19.01 |
$17.59 |
$36,590 |
| Helpers--Production Workers |
452,700 |
$9.42 |
$10.09 |
$20,980 |
* = not available, Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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