High paying production jobs in Anniston-Oxford, AL

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Anniston-Oxford, AL. 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 Anniston-Oxford, AL run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a Anniston-Oxford, AL salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Anniston-Oxford, AL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$74,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,910 – $104,470380
2Machinists$61,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,870 – $70,240240
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,710 – $67,350430
4Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$55,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $66,380180
5Foundry Mold and Coremakers$50,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,380 – $55,500170
6Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders$50,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,530 – $57,74070
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,670 – $58,570210
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,360 – $63,730340
9Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$48,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,310 – $65,93050
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $51,0401,450
11Production Workers, All Other$41,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,440 – $55,58050
12Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,650 – $49,25090
13Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,940 – $51,690110
14Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$35,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,590 – $47,920250
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$34,900
No formal educational credential
$22,830 – $46,79060
16Sewing Machine Operators$31,890
No formal educational credential
$27,260 – $39,080140
17Helpers--Production Workers$29,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,780 – $37,910460
18Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$25,780
No formal educational credential
$22,210 – $39,63030

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

#	Occupation	MedianAnniston-Oxford, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,650	$45,910 – $104,470	380
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,480	$39,870 – $70,240	240
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,820	$39,710 – $67,350	430
4	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,440	$37,780 – $66,380	180
5	Foundry Mold and CoremakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,420	$39,380 – $55,500	170
6	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,420	$42,530 – $57,740	70
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,410	$34,670 – $58,570	210
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,970	$33,360 – $63,730	340
9	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,130	$33,310 – $65,930	50
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,070	$31,680 – $51,040	1,450
11	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,870	$22,440 – $55,580	50
12	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,720	$36,650 – $49,250	90
13	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,080	$26,940 – $51,690	110
14	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,220	$28,590 – $47,920	250
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$34,900	$22,830 – $46,790	60
16	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$31,890	$27,260 – $39,080	140
17	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,340	$26,780 – $37,910	460
18	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$25,780	$22,210 – $39,630	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Anniston-Oxford, AL. 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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