High paying production jobs in Gainesville, FL

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Gainesville, FL. 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 Gainesville, FL run 3.3% below the national average (2024), so a Gainesville, FL 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, Gainesville, FL · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$78,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,540 – $90,45050
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$63,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,510 – $74,32090
3First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$61,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,720 – $97,760380
4Machinists$49,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $71,000120
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,420 – $63,850220
6Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,750 – $64,24080
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,930 – $60,420150
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$46,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,160 – $59,52050
9Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$44,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $57,08070
10Butchers and Meat Cutters$43,460
No formal educational credential
$33,420 – $49,050160
11Printing Press Operators$38,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,760 – $50,000110
12Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,130 – $48,710110
13Helpers--Production Workers$37,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,770 – $45,34060
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$36,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $60,780660
15Production Workers, All Other$36,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $47,410190
16Bakers$35,210
No formal educational credential
$28,700 – $44,250140
17Medical Appliance Technicians$35,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,430 – $58,800110
18Sewing Machine Operators$32,470
No formal educational credential
$28,630 – $39,40070
19Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$31,390
No formal educational credential
$28,800 – $39,030180

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

#	Occupation	MedianGainesville, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,890	$62,540 – $90,450	50
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,860	$39,510 – $74,320	90
3	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,290	$44,720 – $97,760	380
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,390	$35,660 – $71,000	120
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,700	$33,420 – $63,850	220
6	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,360	$34,750 – $64,240	80
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,230	$37,930 – $60,420	150
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,900	$37,160 – $59,520	50
9	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,450	$36,230 – $57,080	70
10	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$43,460	$33,420 – $49,050	160
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,140	$29,760 – $50,000	110
12	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,070	$29,130 – $48,710	110
13	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,430	$29,770 – $45,340	60
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,930	$27,040 – $60,780	660
15	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,780	$31,200 – $47,410	190
16	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,210	$28,700 – $44,250	140
17	Medical Appliance TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,170	$34,430 – $58,800	110
18	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$32,470	$28,630 – $39,400	70
19	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,390	$28,800 – $39,030	180

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