High paying production jobs in Great Falls, MT

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Great Falls, MT. 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 Great Falls, MT run 3.2% below the national average (2024), so a Great Falls, MT 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

Find production jobs in Great Falls, MT

OccupationMedian, Great Falls, MT · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$69,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $125,860130
2Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$59,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,790 – $99,36040
3Machinists$59,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,730 – $99,57040
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$56,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,750 – $107,96030
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$55,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,540 – $99,570120
6Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$45,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $59,28030
7Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,630 – $58,05040
8Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,390 – $60,00050
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$39,510
No formal educational credential
$31,330 – $56,72050
10Production Workers, All Other$38,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $50,92030
11Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,060 – $51,32030
12Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,610
No formal educational credential
$29,670 – $37,830100
13Bakers$35,850
No formal educational credential
$27,400 – $44,43090

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreat Falls, MT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,120	$44,550 – $125,860	130
2	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,900	$36,790 – $99,360	40
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,340	$36,730 – $99,570	40
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,900	$37,750 – $107,960	30
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,720	$47,540 – $99,570	120
6	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,630	$36,960 – $59,280	30
7	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,440	$34,630 – $58,050	40
8	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,400	$35,390 – $60,000	50
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$39,510	$31,330 – $56,720	50
10	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,890	$37,330 – $50,920	30
11	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,360	$28,060 – $51,320	30
12	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,610	$29,670 – $37,830	100
13	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,850	$27,400 – $44,430	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Great Falls, MT. 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.

More for Great Falls, MT

Other metro areas in MT

By field in Great Falls, MT

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Great Falls, MT to rank honestly.

High paying production jobs in Great Falls, MT

More for Great Falls, MT

Other metro areas in MT

By field in Great Falls, MT

Without a degree

High paying production jobs in each state