High paying production jobs in Dover, DE

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Dover, DE. 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 Dover, DE run 2.5% below the national average (2024), so a Dover, DE salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Dover, DE · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,220 – $102,890200
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$62,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,280 – $80,12080
3Machinists$51,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,570 – $80,81030
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,350 – $76,03090
5Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,560 – $59,380400
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,850 – $78,710170
7Butchers and Meat Cutters$43,470
No formal educational credential
$37,230 – $66,67040
8Bakers$37,980
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $45,48030
9Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$36,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,800 – $60,820310
10Helpers--Production Workers$36,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,430 – $50,34060
11Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$32,170
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $35,750150

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

#	Occupation	MedianDover, DE	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,720	$51,220 – $102,890	200
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,410	$48,280 – $80,120	80
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,230	$31,570 – $80,810	30
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,510	$39,350 – $76,030	90
5	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,650	$35,560 – $59,380	400
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,520	$36,850 – $78,710	170
7	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$43,470	$37,230 – $66,670	40
8	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,980	$31,200 – $45,480	30
9	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,800	$36,800 – $60,820	310
10	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,340	$34,430 – $50,340	60
11	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,170	$31,200 – $35,750	150

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