High paying production jobs in Jonesboro, AR

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Jonesboro, AR. 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 Jonesboro, AR run 14.1% below the national average (2024), so a Jonesboro, AR salary is worth about 1.16× 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, Jonesboro, AR · Employed

1Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$66,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,750 – $93,78040
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$60,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,820 – $80,120620
3Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$53,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,640 – $53,310150
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$51,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,610 – $59,800340
5Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,120 – $51,610210
6Machinists$51,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,830 – $68,13080
7Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $50,15040
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $49,960170
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,940 – $58,100210
10Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,440 – $85,590170
11Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,910 – $54,440100
12Printing Press Operators$44,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,850 – $65,06060
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,570 – $56,890720
14Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$43,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,770 – $55,180100
15Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$41,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $64,940450
16Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$41,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,650 – $45,58060
17Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$39,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,190 – $62,41080
18Production Workers, All Other$37,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,240 – $41,650210
19Helpers--Production Workers$33,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,940 – $40,890100
20Bakers$30,060
No formal educational credential
$26,240 – $30,230140
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,850
No formal educational credential
$24,750 – $35,270100

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

#	Occupation	MedianJonesboro, AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,860	$36,750 – $93,780	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,450	$46,820 – $80,120	620
3	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,310	$35,640 – $53,310	150
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,900	$38,610 – $59,800	340
5	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,610	$38,120 – $51,610	210
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,220	$33,830 – $68,130	80
7	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,150	$36,530 – $50,150	40
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,960	$36,510 – $49,960	170
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,560	$35,940 – $58,100	210
10	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,440	$49,440 – $85,590	170
11	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$30,910 – $54,440	100
12	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,300	$31,850 – $65,060	60
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,050	$31,570 – $56,890	720
14	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,160	$36,770 – $55,180	100
15	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,320	$35,730 – $64,940	450
16	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,280	$37,650 – $45,580	60
17	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,570	$29,190 – $62,410	80
18	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,360	$30,240 – $41,650	210
19	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,990	$28,940 – $40,890	100
20	BakersNo formal educational credential	$30,060	$26,240 – $30,230	140
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,850	$24,750 – $35,270	100

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