High paying production jobs in El Centro, CA

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in El Centro, CA. 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 El Centro, CA run 4.8% below the national average (2024), so a El Centro, CA salary is worth about 1.05× 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, El Centro, CA · Employed

1Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$96,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,750 – $120,57040
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$79,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,400 – $141,600190
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$74,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,220 – $112,860100
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$58,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,280 – $90,93070
5Butchers and Meat Cutters$51,960
No formal educational credential
$35,070 – $62,98070
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,320 – $68,120110
7Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,670 – $63,41040
8Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $58,15060
9Bakers$40,580
No formal educational credential
$34,880 – $51,22060
10Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$39,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,520 – $66,85040
11Helpers--Production Workers$38,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,450 – $49,25090
12Food Processing Workers, All Other$35,240
No formal educational credential
$35,240 – $48,06040

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

#	Occupation	MedianEl Centro, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,150	$48,750 – $120,570	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,060	$44,400 – $141,600	190
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,790	$47,220 – $112,860	100
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,350	$38,280 – $90,930	70
5	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$51,960	$35,070 – $62,980	70
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,130	$36,320 – $68,120	110
7	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,790	$38,670 – $63,410	40
8	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,590	$34,320 – $58,150	60
9	BakersNo formal educational credential	$40,580	$34,880 – $51,220	60
10	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,270	$35,520 – $66,850	40
11	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,610	$37,450 – $49,250	90
12	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$35,240	$35,240 – $48,060	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in El Centro, CA. 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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