High paying production jobs in Jackson, TN

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Jackson, TN. 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 Jackson, TN run 14.5% below the national average (2024), so a Jackson, TN salary is worth about 1.17× 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, Jackson, TN · Employed

1Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$63,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $77,28040
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$63,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,070 – $101,160850
3Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$58,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,950 – $71,06080
4Tool and Die Makers$57,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,420 – $71,910110
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$50,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,230 – $62,43060
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$49,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,630 – $79,78090
7Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,830 – $63,620100
8Machinists$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $66,210240
9Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,800 – $66,720150
10Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,710 – $62,77050
11Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,270 – $59,12060
12Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,430 – $61,910140
13Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,350 – $69,040110
14Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,330 – $61,820600
15Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $63,770420
16Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$45,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,490 – $49,30080
17Production Workers, All Other$45,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,030 – $60,000870
18Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$45,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $60,730600
19Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,040 – $50,160210
20Food Processing Workers, All Other$43,150
No formal educational credential
$35,460 – $50,960120
21Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$42,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,930 – $48,870100
22Helpers--Production Workers$41,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,310 – $46,160270
23Food Batchmakers$40,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,830 – $44,200640
24Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$40,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,710 – $48,5001,890
25Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$39,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $56,580220
26Printing Press Operators$39,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,540 – $55,350120
27Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,840
No formal educational credential
$21,850 – $43,74090
28Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$38,620
No formal educational credential
$30,610 – $43,370190
29Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,950 – $51,84090
30Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,690 – $60,540100
31Sewing Machine Operators$37,380
No formal educational credential
$28,990 – $43,40050
32Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$36,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $51,330100
33Bakers$34,630
No formal educational credential
$21,730 – $51,150130
34Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$32,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,260 – $50,69050
35Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$32,180
No formal educational credential
$26,840 – $38,770140

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

#	Occupation	MedianJackson, TN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,900	$36,080 – $77,280	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,550	$49,070 – $101,160	850
3	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,490	$42,950 – $71,060	80
4	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,240	$46,420 – $71,910	110
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,450	$43,230 – $62,430	60
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,070	$37,630 – $79,780	90
7	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,610	$40,830 – $63,620	100
8	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$33,860 – $66,210	240
9	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,250	$38,800 – $66,720	150
10	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$37,710 – $62,770	50
11	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,840	$34,270 – $59,120	60
12	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,180	$35,430 – $61,910	140
13	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$34,350 – $69,040	110
14	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,910	$34,330 – $61,820	600
15	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,900	$37,780 – $63,770	420
16	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,850	$38,490 – $49,300	80
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,500	$32,030 – $60,000	870
18	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,460	$37,460 – $60,730	600
19	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,150	$35,040 – $50,160	210
20	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$43,150	$35,460 – $50,960	120
21	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,320	$38,930 – $48,870	100
22	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,340	$34,310 – $46,160	270
23	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,560	$39,830 – $44,200	640
24	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,340	$33,710 – $48,500	1,890
25	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,890	$33,280 – $56,580	220
26	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,360	$29,540 – $55,350	120
27	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,840	$21,850 – $43,740	90
28	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$38,620	$30,610 – $43,370	190
29	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,220	$26,950 – $51,840	90
30	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,400	$30,690 – $60,540	100
31	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$37,380	$28,990 – $43,400	50
32	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,350	$29,120 – $51,330	100
33	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,630	$21,730 – $51,150	130
34	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,990	$32,260 – $50,690	50
35	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,180	$26,840 – $38,770	140

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