High paying production jobs in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ run 1.1% below the national average (2024), so a Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$73,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,560 – $118,370290
2Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$68,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,230 – $77,950100
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$65,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,970 – $81,960140
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$60,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,060 – $90,63090
5Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators$56,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,770 – $58,290140
6Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,140 – $73,85090
7Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,390 – $92,76070
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,600 – $79,040100
9Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $58,200220
10Butchers and Meat Cutters$41,270
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $62,160200
11Production Workers, All Other$39,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $86,990110
12Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $50,04090
13Helpers--Production Workers$38,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $59,53060
14Bakers$37,690
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $52,180370
15Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,000
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $42,390370

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

#	Occupation	MedianAtlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,990	$45,560 – $118,370	290
2	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,550	$53,230 – $77,950	100
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,300	$49,970 – $81,960	140
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,880	$41,060 – $90,630	90
5	Fiberglass Laminators and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,440	$38,770 – $58,290	140
6	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,860	$38,140 – $73,850	90
7	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,480	$38,390 – $92,760	70
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$35,600 – $79,040	100
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,300	$34,200 – $58,200	220
10	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$41,270	$32,220 – $62,160	200
11	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,590	$34,740 – $86,990	110
12	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,780	$32,220 – $50,040	90
13	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,500	$32,220 – $59,530	60
14	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,690	$32,220 – $52,180	370
15	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,000	$32,220 – $42,390	370

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. 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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