Production Occupations in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

32 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 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$80,870	$77,990	660
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$60,820	$61,570	70
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$58,530	$55,390	70
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,950	$50,350	60
Machinists	$51,100	$51,640	70
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$50,900	$52,720	430
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$50,870	$52,420	430
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$50,850	$49,720	80
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$50,020	$48,600	190
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,330	$53,100	100
Helpers--Production Workers	$49,000	$47,590	130
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,470	$48,540	120
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$48,080	$47,100	1,120
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,800	$47,300	90
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	$47,020	$54,410	70
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,820	$46,770	90
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$46,700	$45,060	70
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$46,130	$45,080	1,580
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,030	$46,500	40
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$45,960	$50,650	80
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,360	$49,260	120
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$44,980	$44,480	1,270
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$43,400	$42,220	780
Printing Press Operators	$41,020	$40,120	50
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$40,460	$42,730	40
Food Batchmakers	$40,440	$43,560	350
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$40,040	$37,820	310
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$37,990	$39,090	130
Sewing Machine Operators	$36,660	$36,490	40
Production Workers, All Other	$34,510	$36,410	160
Bakers	$31,240	$31,560	120
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$30,950	$32,960	140