High paying production jobs in Bangor, ME

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bangor, ME. 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 Bangor, ME run 3.5% below the national average (2024), so a Bangor, ME salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Bangor, ME · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$66,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,270 – $117,070190
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$58,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $83,69070
3Machinists$54,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $72,74070
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,170 – $70,800140
5Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,190 – $66,11040
6Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,270 – $60,72080
7Sewing Machine Operators$46,060
No formal educational credential
$33,160 – $50,67070
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,890 – $75,010150
9Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$43,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,400 – $48,69070
10Production Workers, All Other$43,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,970 – $59,29030
11Helpers--Production Workers$41,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $47,84050
12Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$41,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $47,97070
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$41,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,040 – $56,540270
14Food Batchmakers$38,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,340 – $44,35030
15Bakers$37,400
No formal educational credential
$31,910 – $45,460140
16Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,160
No formal educational credential
$33,730 – $55,430110
17Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,610
No formal educational credential
$31,450 – $44,350100
18Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$35,010
No formal educational credential
$30,620 – $48,88050

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

#	Occupation	MedianBangor, ME	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,570	$44,270 – $117,070	190
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,980	$47,840 – $83,690	70
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,080	$35,880 – $72,740	70
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,590	$43,170 – $70,800	140
5	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,480	$39,190 – $66,110	40
6	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,410	$36,270 – $60,720	80
7	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$46,060	$33,160 – $50,670	70
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,770	$30,890 – $75,010	150
9	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,300	$37,400 – $48,690	70
10	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,200	$37,970 – $59,290	30
11	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,720	$36,160 – $47,840	50
12	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,340	$35,900 – $47,970	70
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,080	$35,040 – $56,540	270
14	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,650	$31,340 – $44,350	30
15	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,400	$31,910 – $45,460	140
16	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,160	$33,730 – $55,430	110
17	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,610	$31,450 – $44,350	100
18	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$35,010	$30,620 – $48,880	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bangor, ME. 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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