Production Occupations in Anchorage, AK

24 occupations · 2024 BLS OEWS data

Production occupations include assemblers, machinists, welders, and other factory workers who manufacture goods and operate industrial equipment. The table below shows 2024 wage data for these occupations as reported in Anchorage, AK.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Power Plant Operators	$100,400	$97,340	180
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	$87,010	$77,000	60
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$78,210	$82,170	150
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	$77,670	$78,640	—
Machinists	$73,130	$74,430	60
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$69,100	$72,830	80
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$68,610	$66,360	60
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$64,150	$66,760	210
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$63,440	$75,680	480
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$56,940	$57,840	50
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$55,010	$55,720	70
Production Workers, All Other	$49,190	$46,320	70
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$49,170	$52,590	120
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,460	$48,150	80
Printing Press Operators	$46,020	$47,540	80
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$44,830	$45,610	40
Food Batchmakers	$44,720	$44,030	40
Helpers--Production Workers	$43,110	$47,780	80
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$37,480	$40,830	—
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$37,480	$40,930	170
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$36,810	$39,750	250
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$36,640	$36,790	90
Bakers	$36,560	$37,750	360
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$34,210	$41,600	—