High paying production jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. 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 Bakersfield-Delano, CA run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Bakersfield-Delano, CA salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Bakersfield-Delano, CA · Employed

1Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$97,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$79,280 – $98,560240
2Power Plant Operators$94,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,140 – $130,690200
3Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$94,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,010 – $121,030110
4First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,510 – $136,360940
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$64,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,740 – $100,720460
6Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$62,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,050 – $86,010160
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$58,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,280 – $72,010160
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$57,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $78,710800
9Machinists$50,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,540 – $92,350250
10Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,710 – $78,320230
11Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $66,630220
12Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $77,6301,110
13Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,920 – $76,140130
14Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$43,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,010 – $68,9201,270
15Bakers$42,470
No formal educational credential
$35,350 – $49,630640
16Butchers and Meat Cutters$42,400
No formal educational credential
$34,810 – $59,700320
17Helpers--Production Workers$40,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,710 – $52,000210
18Printing Press Operators$39,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,610 – $59,940110
19Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,360 – $66,860850
20Food Batchmakers$38,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $65,090270
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,590
No formal educational credential
$34,560 – $39,760300
22Production Workers, All Other$36,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $73,760500
23Food Processing Workers, All Other$35,290
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $44,070360

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

#	Occupation	MedianBakersfield-Delano, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,530	$79,280 – $98,560	240
2	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,760	$61,140 – $130,690	200
3	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,100	$59,010 – $121,030	110
4	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,940	$46,510 – $136,360	940
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,640	$50,740 – $100,720	460
6	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,390	$39,050 – $86,010	160
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,540	$44,280 – $72,010	160
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,360	$38,020 – $78,710	800
9	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,680	$35,540 – $92,350	250
10	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,010	$34,710 – $78,320	230
11	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$37,270 – $66,630	220
12	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,710	$34,510 – $77,630	1,110
13	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,520	$34,920 – $76,140	130
14	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,310	$35,010 – $68,920	1,270
15	BakersNo formal educational credential	$42,470	$35,350 – $49,630	640
16	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$42,400	$34,810 – $59,700	320
17	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,800	$35,710 – $52,000	210
18	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,680	$34,610 – $59,940	110
19	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,080	$34,360 – $66,860	850
20	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,280	$34,320 – $65,090	270
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,590	$34,560 – $39,760	300
22	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,140	$34,320 – $73,760	500
23	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$35,290	$34,320 – $44,070	360

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. 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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