Production Occupations in Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area

34 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 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	—	—	1,910
Power Plant Operators	$83,930	$80,160	60
Gas Plant Operators	$79,230	$78,580	70
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$69,950	$72,950	990
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	$63,980	$70,130	110
Tool and Die Makers	$58,400	$62,530	30
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$51,360	$44,620	50
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$49,570	$50,450	740
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$47,610	$48,230	90
Production Workers, All Other	$46,050	$45,060	310
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,760	$46,700	270
Machinists	$45,660	$47,110	180
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$45,200	$46,480	130
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	$44,740	$41,750	80
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$44,420	$44,690	210
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,370	$44,220	100
Food Batchmakers	$44,090	$39,320	60
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$41,520	$40,700	90
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$40,730	$41,550	490
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$39,000	$41,140	120
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$37,630	$41,780	240
Helpers--Production Workers	$36,640	$34,880	210
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$36,350	$38,910	390
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$36,020	$41,910	360
Printing Press Operators	$35,190	$38,000	30
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$35,060	$35,460	30
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$33,980	$34,740	200
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$32,160	$35,210	—
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$30,930	$33,950	40
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$28,180	$29,460	180
Bakers	$26,760	$29,520	140
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$22,980	$29,040	150
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	$22,460	$24,790	30
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$22,120	$24,320	130