Production Occupations in Dalton, GA

31 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 Dalton, GA.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$61,320	$53,610	60
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$59,940	$63,230	1,140
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$46,760	$47,990	40
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$46,570	$47,200	210
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,390	$46,630	120
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	$44,180	$42,830	910
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,130	$43,250	200
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$44,020	$46,570	150
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	$43,230	$42,150	220
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$42,960	$44,030	220
Machinists	$42,920	$44,210	190
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$40,720	$41,230	80
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$40,300	$41,380	930
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,210	$39,260	130
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$38,550	$39,070	1,580
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$37,870	$37,760	3,250
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$37,770	$36,970	490
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$37,760	$40,720	40
Production Workers, All Other	$37,440	$39,360	660
Printing Press Operators	$36,910	$38,640	300
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$34,520	$37,110	200
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$33,100	$33,150	100
Helpers--Production Workers	$33,100	$33,930	190
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	$31,920	$33,750	—
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$31,850	$34,060	160
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$31,010	$33,730	110
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	$30,950	$33,480	740
Sewing Machine Operators	$30,080	$30,900	550
Bakers	$29,630	$29,350	30
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$29,160	$27,210	60
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	$22,200	$24,380	—