Comparative Occupational Wages 2009 (4th Quarter)
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Production Occupations

Occupation Occ. code Est. empl. Empl %RSE Mean wage Mean %RSE Entry wage Exp. wage 10th pct 25th pct Median wage 75th pct 90th pct
PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 51-0000 9,000 6.93 31,627 2.96 18,560 38,160 16,874 20,353 29,060 39,427 50,637
      15.20   8.93 18.35 8.12 9.79 13.97 18.95 24.35
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011 560 6.67 51,803 2.72 31,141 62,135 27,629 35,769 51,276 64,537 79,877
      24.90   14.97 29.87 13.28 17.20 24.65 31.02 38.40
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers 51-2022 90 3.53 20,838 8.35 18,466 22,023 16,982 17,765 19,072 20,379 30,290
      10.02   8.88 10.59 8.17 8.54 9.17 9.80 14.57
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-2041 90 26.42 35,172 8.65 28,426 38,545 27,130 29,017 32,097 41,988 49,718
      16.91   13.66 18.53 13.05 13.95 15.43 20.19 23.90
Team Assemblers 51-2092 480 2.62 23,093 3.78 15,665 26,807 15,035 16,234 21,409 25,872 38,028
      11.10   7.53 12.89 7.23 7.81 10.29 12.44 18.29
Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other 51-2099 140 15.33 25,652 7.45 18,379 29,288 17,589 19,650 27,676 31,200 33,401
      12.34   8.83 14.08 8.45 9.45 13.30 15.00 16.06
Bakers 51-3011 150 11.27 20,620 4.39 16,481 22,689 15,357 16,882 19,367 23,053 26,406
      9.91   7.92 10.91 7.39 8.12 9.31 11.08 12.70
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021 100 21.92 24,615 3.40 16,853 28,496 15,588 18,116 24,135 30,409 34,765
      11.83   8.11 13.70 7.50 8.71 11.61 14.62 16.71
Food Batchmakers 51-3092 n/a 196.12 21,959 16.44 15,694 25,091 15,069 16,315 18,730 22,535 44,737
      10.56   7.55 12.06 7.24 7.85 9.01 10.84 21.51
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 51-3093 50 23.41 17,685 2.54 15,326 18,866 14,702 15,400 16,490 19,715 23,050
      8.51   7.37 9.07 7.07 7.41 7.93 9.48 11.08
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4021 150 49.54 29,467 3.40 27,503 30,448 26,204 27,738 29,848 31,959 33,387
      14.17   13.22 14.64 12.59 13.33 14.35 15.37 16.06
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4023 n/a 79.89 29,302 2.89 26,790 30,559 24,217 28,021 30,187 32,352 33,652
      14.08   12.88 14.69 11.64 13.47 14.52 15.55 16.18
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031 220 30.36 30,691 3.03 21,962 35,056 20,814 24,778 31,278 36,644 40,704
      14.75   10.56 16.86 10.01 11.92 15.04 17.62 19.57
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4033 100 0.07 27,893 2.17 21,720 30,980 21,044 22,911 25,622 32,863 40,307
      13.41   10.45 14.90 10.12 11.01 12.32 15.80 19.37
Machinists 51-4041 420 5.15 34,192 2.87 24,887 38,846 22,258 28,253 35,075 40,066 44,928
      16.44   11.97 18.68 10.70 13.58 16.87 19.26 21.60
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072 40 37.75 26,969 7.68 20,052 30,426 18,164 21,490 24,602 30,733 43,449
      12.96   9.64 14.63 8.73 10.33 11.82 14.77 20.88
Tool and Die Makers 51-4111 40 22.01 32,268 8.41 23,458 36,673 22,617 25,149 31,352 38,654 43,037
      15.51   11.28 17.63 10.88 12.09 15.07 18.58 20.69
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121 550 15.49 31,152 3.44 24,102 34,676 21,968 26,819 30,333 33,888 43,025
      14.98   11.59 16.67 10.56 12.89 14.59 16.29 20.69
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-4122 40 25.66 21,869 5.06 18,259 23,675 17,228 18,568 20,858 24,105 26,064
      10.52   8.78 11.38 8.28 8.93 10.03 11.59 12.53
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4191 n/a 93.18 26,161 3.74 21,239 28,622 19,098 22,344 24,809 27,260 38,470
      12.57   10.21 13.77 9.18 10.75 11.93 13.11 18.49
Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4193 40 15.68 28,201 7.78 19,797 32,404 15,981 23,180 29,806 33,352 37,901
      13.56   9.52 15.58 7.68 11.15 14.33 16.04 18.22
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 51-4194 20 29.32 33,998 7.31 26,771 37,612 24,586 28,072 32,773 39,669 47,001
      16.34   12.87 18.08 11.82 13.50 15.76 19.08 22.60
Bindery Workers 51-5011 30 8.74 24,550 7.28 19,178 27,237 18,184 19,952 23,039 28,755 33,625
      11.80   9.22 13.10 8.74 9.59 11.07 13.83 16.17
Job Printers 51-5021 40 11.50 28,264 7.48 21,126 31,834 19,317 22,937 27,708 32,066 36,920
      13.59   10.16 15.31 9.29 11.02 13.32 15.42 17.75
Prepress Technicians and Workers 51-5022 50 14.59 25,621 6.45 17,485 29,689 15,551 19,097 25,265 30,449 34,867
      12.32   8.40 14.27 7.48 9.18 12.14 14.64 16.76
Printing Machine Operators 51-5023 90 22.10 29,127 5.18 18,019 34,680 15,964 19,944 28,650 36,639 45,248
      14.00   8.66 16.67 7.67 9.58 13.78 17.62 21.76
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011 290 14.33 20,836 4.43 15,559 23,474 14,935 16,006 18,932 24,453 30,233
      10.02   7.48 11.29 7.18 7.69 9.10 11.75 14.54
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 51-6021 90 48.69 20,432 2.13 17,563 21,867 16,487 17,855 20,096 23,271 25,495
      9.82   8.44 10.51 7.93 8.59 9.67 11.19 12.26
Sewing Machine Operators 51-6031 140 30.91 17,863 4.31 15,301 19,145 14,643 15,253 16,270 19,074 21,703
      8.59   7.36 9.20 7.04 7.33 7.82 9.17 10.44
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-7011 40 8.50 21,444 3.27 17,988 23,172 16,858 17,833 19,458 21,088 32,195
      10.31   8.65 11.14 8.11 8.58 9.36 10.14 15.48
Furniture Finishers 51-7021 20 42.27 26,007 6.28 21,452 28,285 19,006 23,213 26,676 30,008 32,249
      12.50   10.31 13.60 9.14 11.16 12.82 14.42 15.50
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-7041 400 28.76 24,541 1.88 18,117 27,753 17,207 18,870 23,380 30,026 34,103
      11.80   8.71 13.34 8.27 9.07 11.24 14.43 16.40
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-7042 n/a 58.60 19,045 4.84 16,826 20,154 15,526 17,054 18,587 20,119 21,037
      9.15   8.09 9.69 7.47 8.20 8.94 9.68 10.12
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 51-8021 n/a 50.12 37,216 20.28 21,809 44,921 20,864 23,705 30,465 53,761 63,235
      17.89   10.49 21.59 10.03 11.39 14.65 25.85 30.40
Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031 480 8.28 32,649 5.50 21,357 38,296 19,277 24,336 31,143 39,536 48,496
      15.70   10.27 18.41 9.27 11.70 14.98 19.00 23.32
Plant and System Operators, All Other 51-8099 10 17.88 52,401 4.42 47,251 54,977 44,052 47,136 52,274 58,396 63,101
      25.19   22.71 26.43 21.18 22.66 25.14 28.07 30.33
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-9011 40 45.65 36,712 4.91 34,944 37,596 33,801 35,208 37,553 39,898 41,305
      17.65   16.80 18.08 16.25 16.93 18.06 19.18 19.86
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9021 20 12.95 31,830 3.19 26,722 34,382 24,281 28,759 32,665 36,285 39,436
      15.31   12.85 16.53 11.67 13.83 15.71 17.44 18.96
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023 120 7.68 38,521 6.21 27,584 43,989 20,976 33,462 40,911 46,786 50,368
      18.52   13.26 21.15 10.09 16.09 19.67 22.50 24.21
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9041 250 1.82 37,654 6.75 29,113 41,925 23,565 34,150 38,767 44,140 49,165
      18.10   14.00 20.15 11.33 16.42 18.63 21.22 23.64
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders 51-9051 80 30.06 35,420 4.85 25,445 40,407 23,370 27,994 33,707 43,222 50,891
      17.03   12.23 19.43 11.24 13.46 16.21 20.78 24.47
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061 600 8.54 37,162 3.44 23,425 44,031 19,373 27,987 37,843 46,587 52,172
      17.86   11.26 21.17 9.32 13.46 18.19 22.39 25.09
Dental Laboratory Technicians 51-9081 20 25.94 34,212 8.83 23,292 39,672 22,385 24,690 35,052 40,209 48,719
      16.45   11.20 19.08 10.77 11.88 16.85 19.33 23.42
Medical Appliance Technicians 51-9082 n/a 51.10 33,945 12.50 25,039 38,398 23,457 26,513 36,501 39,823 41,815
      16.32   12.04 18.46 11.28 12.75 17.55 19.15 20.10
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111 170 11.17 35,499 7.87 25,432 40,532 18,845 30,587 36,159 42,212 48,378
      17.06   12.22 19.49 9.06 14.70 17.38 20.30 23.26
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9121 170 7.40 37,166 8.70 23,103 44,198 18,937 25,803 41,213 46,993 50,466
      17.86   11.10 21.25 9.10 12.41 19.82 22.59 24.26
Painters, Transportation Equipment 51-9122 20 33.89 36,241 2.01 29,599 39,561 28,061 30,660 35,237 39,987 45,966
      17.42   14.23 19.01 13.49 14.74 16.94 19.22 22.10
Photographic Process Workers 51-9131 10 40.14 19,858 16.01 15,487 22,043 14,588 15,116 15,996 17,143 30,775
      9.54   7.45 10.60 7.02 7.26 7.69 8.24 14.79
Photographic Processing Machine Operators 51-9132 50 2.34 19,352 4.08 16,518 20,769 15,335 16,722 18,631 20,916 24,635
      9.31   7.94 9.98 7.38 8.04 8.96 10.06 11.84
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic 51-9195 150 21.85 33,536 10.18 21,205 39,701 18,693 24,524 32,292 44,445 49,297
      16.13   10.19 19.09 8.99 11.79 15.52 21.37 23.70
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