High paying production jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, 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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$79,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,110 – $130,2204,520
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$76,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,160 – $97,170960
3Machinists$60,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,810 – $84,5101,050
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$58,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,060 – $79,7001,990
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$58,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,050 – $82,4202,670
6Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$58,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,350 – $90,090640
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$56,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,160 – $76,030700
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$56,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $103,120800
9Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$52,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,010 – $70,380600
10Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,390 – $76,510980
11Printing Press Operators$49,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,260 – $64,4701,100
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$49,050
No formal educational credential
$34,480 – $60,5601,110
13Production Workers, All Other$47,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $61,160560
14Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $63,0101,830
15Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,880 – $61,8004,360
16Helpers--Production Workers$46,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $56,560640
17Food Batchmakers$46,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $61,4401,510
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $60,1802,130
19Sewing Machine Operators$45,210
No formal educational credential
$36,350 – $57,060530
20Bakers$42,490
No formal educational credential
$32,820 – $56,5702,600
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$39,000
No formal educational credential
$35,910 – $46,5501,620

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

#	Occupation	MedianDenver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,860	$51,110 – $130,220	4,520
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,150	$52,160 – $97,170	960
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,620	$46,810 – $84,510	1,050
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,890	$45,060 – $79,700	1,990
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,430	$45,050 – $82,420	2,670
6	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,240	$44,350 – $90,090	640
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,770	$46,160 – $76,030	700
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,160	$37,530 – $103,120	800
9	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,180	$43,010 – $70,380	600
10	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,180	$39,390 – $76,510	980
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,210	$39,260 – $64,470	1,100
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$49,050	$34,480 – $60,560	1,110
13	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,230	$38,700 – $61,160	560
14	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,220	$37,320 – $63,010	1,830
15	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,910	$38,880 – $61,800	4,360
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,220	$36,950 – $56,560	640
17	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,210	$37,580 – $61,440	1,510
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,730	$35,170 – $60,180	2,130
19	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$45,210	$36,350 – $57,060	530
20	BakersNo formal educational credential	$42,490	$32,820 – $56,570	2,600
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$39,000	$35,910 – $46,550	1,620

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, 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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