High paying production jobs in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single production job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA run 0.2% above the national average (2024), so a Amherst Town-Northampton, MA salary is worth about 1.00× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Amherst Town-Northampton, MA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,120 – $101,610230
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$64,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,620 – $81,36080
3Machinists$58,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,960 – $80,440110
4Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$55,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,910 – $67,890140
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$51,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,240 – $64,640100
6Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $59,060170
7Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,290 – $60,160110
8Butchers and Meat Cutters$46,670
No formal educational credential
$38,130 – $68,72040
9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,690 – $63,78030
10Printing Press Operators$43,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $74,27050
11Bakers$38,760
No formal educational credential
$35,500 – $50,490120

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAmherst Town-Northampton, MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,110	$49,120 – $101,610	230
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,000	$52,620 – $81,360	80
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,360	$46,960 – $80,440	110
4	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,100	$34,910 – $67,890	140
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,890	$42,240 – $64,640	100
6	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$36,080 – $59,060	170
7	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,830	$38,290 – $60,160	110
8	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$46,670	$38,130 – $68,720	40
9	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,350	$37,690 – $63,780	30
10	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,500	$37,950 – $74,270	50
11	BakersNo formal educational credential	$38,760	$35,500 – $50,490	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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