High paying production jobs in Colorado Springs, CO

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Colorado Springs, CO. 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 Colorado Springs, CO run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Colorado Springs, CO 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, Colorado Springs, CO · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$73,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,770 – $126,110750
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$65,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,500 – $92,450230
3Machinists$57,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $76,910380
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$55,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,760 – $95,430470
5Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,380 – $102,450170
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$51,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,240 – $77,590180
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$51,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,670 – $78,100450
8Butchers and Meat Cutters$48,320
No formal educational credential
$32,060 – $58,890220
9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,090 – $59,590160
10Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $59,940570
11Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,740 – $60,470120
12Production Workers, All Other$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,480 – $76,120120
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $54,650900
14Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $63,790120
15Printing Press Operators$42,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $59,900160
16Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,930 – $63,650230
17Sewing Machine Operators$38,270
No formal educational credential
$34,230 – $49,990120
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,850 – $48,070260
19Bakers$37,780
No formal educational credential
$30,800 – $55,830460
20Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,040
No formal educational credential
$31,470 – $40,620480

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

#	Occupation	MedianColorado Springs, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,110	$47,770 – $126,110	750
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,970	$48,500 – $92,450	230
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,510	$38,080 – $76,910	380
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,270	$43,760 – $95,430	470
5	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,180	$46,380 – $102,450	170
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,540	$44,240 – $77,590	180
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,080	$41,670 – $78,100	450
8	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$48,320	$32,060 – $58,890	220
9	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$42,090 – $59,590	160
10	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$37,260 – $59,940	570
11	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,360	$37,740 – $60,470	120
12	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$39,480 – $76,120	120
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,860	$35,660 – $54,650	900
14	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,450	$37,300 – $63,790	120
15	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,470	$37,090 – $59,900	160
16	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,990	$39,930 – $63,650	230
17	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$38,270	$34,230 – $49,990	120
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,020	$31,850 – $48,070	260
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,780	$30,800 – $55,830	460
20	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,040	$31,470 – $40,620	480

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Colorado Springs, CO. 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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