High paying production jobs in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL. 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 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$65,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,980 – $101,360410
2Machinists$60,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,910 – $81,160140
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$51,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,620 – $77,670150
4Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$50,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $57,76060
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$49,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,010 – $63,73060
6Dental Laboratory Technicians$48,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,670 – $58,37060
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,450 – $71,810100
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $74,450210
9Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,050 – $63,100140
10Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,030 – $76,340120
11Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,440 – $60,66060
12Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$42,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,220 – $48,26060
13Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$40,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,000 – $65,04030
14Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$38,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,340 – $46,39080
15Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,890 – $47,01040
16Helpers--Production Workers$38,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,850 – $45,100170
17Printing Press Operators$37,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,420 – $56,35070
18Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,440
No formal educational credential
$28,140 – $47,270150
19Food Batchmakers$37,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,760 – $48,31030
20Bakers$36,700
No formal educational credential
$23,060 – $43,76080
21Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$36,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,060 – $58,000350
22Sewing Machine Operators$31,140
No formal educational credential
$26,550 – $38,51050
23Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,230
No formal educational credential
$21,800 – $33,460120

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

#	Occupation	MedianDaphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,410	$43,980 – $101,360	410
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,590	$38,910 – $81,160	140
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,570	$38,620 – $77,670	150
4	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,740	$37,270 – $57,760	60
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,360	$36,010 – $63,730	60
6	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,050	$33,670 – $58,370	60
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,000	$31,450 – $71,810	100
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,860	$36,210 – $74,450	210
9	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,550	$40,050 – $63,100	140
10	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,460	$32,030 – $76,340	120
11	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,060	$34,440 – $60,660	60
12	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,950	$30,220 – $48,260	60
13	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,000	$31,000 – $65,040	30
14	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,940	$31,340 – $46,390	80
15	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,250	$28,890 – $47,010	40
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,020	$30,850 – $45,100	170
17	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,480	$27,420 – $56,350	70
18	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,440	$28,140 – $47,270	150
19	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,350	$26,760 – $48,310	30
20	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,700	$23,060 – $43,760	80
21	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,640	$30,060 – $58,000	350
22	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$31,140	$26,550 – $38,510	50
23	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,230	$21,800 – $33,460	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL. 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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