Production Occupations in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

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 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$65,700	$72,370	930
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	$63,980	$66,040	60
Tool and Die Makers	$59,220	$60,660	90
Machinists	$52,190	$52,830	530
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,110	$50,200	430
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$48,860	$53,910	210
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$48,010	$55,740	660
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,720	$47,430	50
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$47,520	$48,000	1,010
Printing Press Operators	$47,020	$50,140	210
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,900	$48,290	90
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$46,050	$43,850	700
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$43,700	$43,220	110
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$43,380	$45,290	40
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$43,350	$43,960	220
Sewing Machine Operators	$42,410	$40,760	—
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$41,490	$45,120	590
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$40,910	$41,330	130
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$40,560	$48,690	190
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,120	$42,070	370
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$39,640	$43,230	190
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,630	$42,300	80
Helpers--Production Workers	$38,760	$39,850	100
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	$38,170	$44,030	30
Production Workers, All Other	$37,770	$41,110	190
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$37,170	$41,290	120
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$36,900	$35,350	260
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$36,660	$41,510	420
Bakers	$35,320	$35,690	200
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$34,720	$39,840	280
Food Batchmakers	$33,200	$36,990	120