Production Occupations in New Mexico

52 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 New Mexico.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Power Plant Operators	$98,690	$85,230	130
Gas Plant Operators	$94,050	$88,740	250
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	$67,380	$73,560	400
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$61,740	$69,240	2,630
Machinists	$57,520	$61,950	830
Plant and System Operators, All Other	$54,080	$67,660	150
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$52,460	$60,390	2,350
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$51,680	$58,400	150
Medical Appliance Technicians	$51,480	$46,900	30
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	$49,140	$56,730	50
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$48,590	$49,480	160
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$48,520	$50,850	40
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$48,510	$55,870	1,700
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$47,250	$45,050	290
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$46,680	$51,540	2,180
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,350	$48,540	120
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$45,990	$47,250	50
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,660	$47,320	530
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$44,740	$46,920	130
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,340	$46,500	70
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$43,720	$47,130	40
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	$43,600	$41,850	—
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$43,240	$47,040	100
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$42,470	$46,110	300
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,700	$38,790	280
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$40,010	$43,050	360
Furniture Finishers	$40,000	$42,030	50
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,630	$41,190	180
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$38,350	$40,540	100
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$37,440	$39,410	200
Production Workers, All Other	$37,240	$44,240	890
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$37,180	$36,460	140
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$36,800	$39,350	40
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$36,410	$39,500	940
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$36,350	$38,670	540
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$36,330	$40,690	460
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$35,970	$36,230	1,520
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	$35,960	$49,810	50
Food Batchmakers	$35,940	$37,190	710
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$35,520	$34,550	150
Printing Press Operators	$35,380	$39,060	260
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$35,220	$35,980	130
Helpers--Production Workers	$35,130	$36,160	910
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$35,000	$36,910	100
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$34,900	$34,030	140
Sewing Machine Operators	$34,230	$33,880	210
Bakers	$34,010	$34,330	1,130
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$32,270	$36,440	230
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$30,990	$34,670	60
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$30,260	$33,990	170
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$29,990	$30,790	1,270
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	$28,730	$31,300	110