High paying production jobs in Charlottesville, VA

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Charlottesville, VA. 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 Charlottesville, VA run 0.9% below the national average (2024), so a Charlottesville, VA 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, Charlottesville, VA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,350 – $101,490220
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$62,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,860 – $74,88080
3Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$58,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,440 – $77,260120
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$57,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,440 – $78,72090
5Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$55,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $81,890170
6Machinists$55,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $80,04050
7Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$52,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,580 – $70,88060
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $86,54050
9Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$48,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $60,42080
10Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $60,660180
11Printing Press Operators$45,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,920 – $59,70080
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$40,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,370 – $59,890180
13Production Workers, All Other$36,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,520 – $50,10050
14Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,860
No formal educational credential
$27,650 – $38,270160
15Bakers$33,580
No formal educational credential
$27,870 – $49,190210

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

#	Occupation	MedianCharlottesville, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,270	$45,350 – $101,490	220
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,460	$48,860 – $74,880	80
3	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,570	$38,440 – $77,260	120
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,420	$41,440 – $78,720	90
5	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,970	$39,520 – $81,890	170
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,600	$34,510 – $80,040	50
7	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,640	$38,580 – $70,880	60
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,420	$29,990 – $86,540	50
9	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,680	$35,590 – $60,420	80
10	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,270	$36,820 – $60,660	180
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,340	$30,920 – $59,700	80
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,960	$31,370 – $59,890	180
13	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,120	$27,520 – $50,100	50
14	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,860	$27,650 – $38,270	160
15	BakersNo formal educational credential	$33,580	$27,870 – $49,190	210

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