Production Occupations in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT

44 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Power Plant Operators	$107,480	$98,150	40
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$62,480	$68,200	1,550
Machinists	$61,820	$61,280	360
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$55,640	$56,390	310
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$54,360	$51,910	90
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$50,490	$54,980	680
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$50,480	$51,520	220
Upholsterers	$48,380	$50,290	40
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$47,020	$48,860	120
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$46,870	$48,020	50
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,610	$50,410	340
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$46,200	$45,480	110
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$45,940	$51,930	400
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,770	$46,250	250
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,230	$45,290	420
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,900	$51,420	110
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$44,900	$44,190	350
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,780	$45,730	540
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,210	$47,900	60
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,530	$45,520	290
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$43,260	$41,920	310
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$43,150	$48,170	1,270
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$41,410	$40,420	140
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	$41,210	$41,410	40
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$38,900	$42,150	80
Printing Press Operators	$38,280	$41,570	510
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$38,190	$40,330	190
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$38,020	$41,040	170
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$37,880	$40,780	190
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$37,450	$41,590	120
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	$37,340	$44,650	—
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$37,200	$40,710	480
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$36,920	$38,380	50
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$36,870	$40,100	1,230
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$36,430	$39,300	40
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$35,870	$40,040	150
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$35,680	$35,870	100
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$35,510	$38,320	310
Food Batchmakers	$35,220	$39,080	640
Sewing Machine Operators	$35,060	$36,250	200
Helpers--Production Workers	$34,860	$35,730	400
Production Workers, All Other	$34,010	$35,870	1,140
Bakers	$33,980	$34,630	700
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$32,240	$31,290	150