Production Occupations in New Haven, CT

45 occupations · 2023 BLS OEWS data

Production occupations include assemblers, machinists, welders, and other factory workers who manufacture goods and operate industrial equipment. The table below shows 2023 wage data for these occupations as reported in New Haven, CT.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	$94,370	$87,650	70
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	$81,000	$83,500	50
Tool and Die Makers	$76,680	$73,320	250
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$73,060	$74,600	1,270
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$69,900	$72,820	110
Machinists	$60,040	$60,140	640
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$56,870	$56,520	330
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$55,380	$55,810	60
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$52,480	$55,490	90
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$52,390	$55,120	170
Medical Appliance Technicians	$51,470	$58,350	70
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$50,530	$53,860	—
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$50,350	$52,060	30
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,230	$49,620	220
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,640	$56,740	40
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$49,310	$50,040	30
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$48,940	$52,940	1,260
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$48,740	$54,070	350
Printing Press Operators	$48,560	$48,500	370
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,400	$47,730	410
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,220	$55,840	160
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$45,910	$46,670	540
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,400	$46,300	30
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,290	$46,630	290
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,870	$47,200	50
Upholsterers	$44,280	$46,320	50
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$43,940	$49,400	110
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$41,080	$43,850	40
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$40,470	$40,440	70
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$40,210	$43,620	90
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,180	$41,590	40
Production Workers, All Other	$39,900	$45,050	240
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$39,360	$42,090	40
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,340	$43,410	330
Helpers--Production Workers	$38,900	$42,060	320
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$38,570	$41,530	700
Sewing Machine Operators	$38,380	$40,660	120
Bakers	$37,660	$39,230	340
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	$37,490	$36,150	160
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$37,280	$41,470	330
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$36,440	$44,470	190
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$36,180	$41,980	140
Food Batchmakers	$35,720	$39,260	260
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$33,870	$35,520	260
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$31,690	$33,600	—