Production Occupations in Trenton-Princeton, NJ

29 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 Trenton-Princeton, NJ.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	$79,570	$81,830	100
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$77,160	$82,320	520
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$64,170	$70,210	140
Machinists	$60,580	$62,680	100
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$59,910	$56,300	50
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$59,070	$57,680	40
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$57,960	$59,110	110
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$57,520	$61,360	140
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$54,400	$60,410	310
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$53,880	$52,690	170
Printing Press Operators	$51,760	$52,400	180
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$50,750	$60,300	610
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$49,140	$44,990	60
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,920	$48,000	40
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,710	$46,390	90
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$45,660	$47,890	40
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$45,510	$51,970	40
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$44,420	$46,070	360
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$43,880	$45,990	110
Upholsterers	$43,120	$45,880	40
Production Workers, All Other	$40,050	$41,040	140
Helpers--Production Workers	$39,110	$40,890	60
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$38,580	$42,450	150
Bakers	$36,060	$38,630	300
Sewing Machine Operators	$35,790	$37,350	190
Food Batchmakers	$34,840	$39,250	40
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	$34,450	$34,820	50
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$34,210	$38,890	50
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$33,020	$35,080	230