High paying production jobs in Beckley, WV

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Beckley, WV. 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 Beckley, WV run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Beckley, WV salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Beckley, WV · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$61,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,120 – $92,440120
2Machinists$55,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,620 – $63,51070
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,310 – $81,650120
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,490 – $77,640110
5Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$40,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,520 – $63,150110
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$37,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,020 – $87,000130
7Production Workers, All Other$37,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,640 – $49,76040
8Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$36,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,760 – $45,15040
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,960
No formal educational credential
$26,670 – $45,39030
10Bakers$27,440
No formal educational credential
$22,360 – $36,29060
11Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$26,750
No formal educational credential
$22,010 – $29,60070

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

#	Occupation	MedianBeckley, WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,200	$45,120 – $92,440	120
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,950	$38,620 – $63,510	70
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,960	$35,310 – $81,650	120
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$35,490 – $77,640	110
5	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,340	$28,520 – $63,150	110
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,210	$29,020 – $87,000	130
7	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,120	$31,640 – $49,760	40
8	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,720	$27,760 – $45,150	40
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$35,960	$26,670 – $45,390	30
10	BakersNo formal educational credential	$27,440	$22,360 – $36,290	60
11	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$26,750	$22,010 – $29,600	70

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