High paying production jobs in Bloomington, IN

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bloomington, IN. 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 Bloomington, IN run 4.9% below the national average (2024), so a Bloomington, IN salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Bloomington, IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$77,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,230 – $106,350560
2Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$60,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,760 – $72,890640
3Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,640 – $60,68070
4Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,950 – $79,05060
5Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$48,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,410 – $59,31090
6Machinists$47,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,140 – $73,020540
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$46,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,990 – $61,42080
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $85,18060
9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $61,00070
10Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$43,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $52,50050
11Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$42,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,890 – $49,980460
12Printing Press Operators$42,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,000 – $55,15050
13Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$40,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,940 – $75,52080
14Production Workers, All Other$39,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,710 – $57,78030
15Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,370 – $47,3302,270
16Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,780
No formal educational credential
$32,210 – $48,57040
17Bakers$35,900
No formal educational credential
$24,930 – $39,81070
18Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,560
No formal educational credential
$23,360 – $51,87050

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

#	Occupation	MedianBloomington, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,200	$46,230 – $106,350	560
2	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,360	$38,760 – $72,890	640
3	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,200	$42,640 – $60,680	70
4	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,130	$42,950 – $79,050	60
5	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,520	$39,410 – $59,310	90
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,850	$37,140 – $73,020	540
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,730	$30,990 – $61,420	80
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$35,140 – $85,180	60
9	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,130	$35,860 – $61,000	70
10	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,220	$38,480 – $52,500	50
11	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,790	$31,890 – $49,980	460
12	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,510	$35,000 – $55,150	50
13	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,010	$24,940 – $75,520	80
14	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,040	$37,710 – $57,780	30
15	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,900	$37,370 – $47,330	2,270
16	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,780	$32,210 – $48,570	40
17	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,900	$24,930 – $39,810	70
18	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,560	$23,360 – $51,870	50

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