Production Occupations in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area

36 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 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	—	—	300
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$79,770	$68,800	330
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	$67,340	$65,980	50
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$67,040	$73,180	880
Tool and Die Makers	$58,280	$57,010	90
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$52,310	$54,860	330
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$50,310	$55,640	1,050
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$48,230	$51,590	530
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$48,220	$48,880	50
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$47,680	$47,640	340
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,020	$49,620	170
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,400	$43,510	90
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$45,020	$45,710	50
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$44,490	$45,110	560
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,610	$42,980	200
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$43,120	$42,950	160
Machinists	$43,070	$45,200	340
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	$42,700	$47,150	—
Printing Press Operators	$41,660	$43,450	110
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$40,830	$43,260	280
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$39,270	$41,130	330
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$38,960	$41,750	120
Upholsterers	$38,580	$38,370	50
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$38,430	$47,200	30
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$38,030	$39,850	60
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$37,840	$38,590	90
Production Workers, All Other	$37,140	$43,100	170
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$37,030	$41,450	280
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$36,850	$40,950	230
Helpers--Production Workers	$35,740	$39,680	190
Food Batchmakers	$35,210	$34,870	310
Sewing Machine Operators	$33,850	$33,240	50
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$32,940	$34,150	190
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$32,030	$35,440	50
Bakers	$29,730	$31,300	240
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$29,120	$30,770	140