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Production Occupations in Delaware

40 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 Delaware.

Occupation Median Annual
Power Plant Operators $101,790
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators $78,280
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $77,390
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders $61,070
Machinists $60,320
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators $59,960
Prepress Technicians and Workers $58,470
Print Binding and Finishing Workers $57,240
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers $56,510
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters $53,830
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers $53,110
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $50,410
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators $47,670
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $47,350
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic $47,210
Butchers and Meat Cutters $47,170
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $46,690
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $46,270
Upholsterers $46,030
Printing Press Operators $45,910
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $45,360
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $45,230
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters $43,910
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers $43,010
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood $40,580
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $39,170
Food Processing Workers, All Other $38,580
Production Workers, All Other $38,440
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers $37,890
Bakers $37,370
Dental Laboratory Technicians $37,320
Helpers--Production Workers $37,300
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders $36,570
Food Batchmakers $36,340
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials $35,620
Sewing Machine Operators $35,320
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers $34,060
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $32,390
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers $32,250
Slaughterers and Meat Packers $29,220