High paying production jobs in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY run 9.4% above the national average (2024), so a Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY salary is worth about 0.91× 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, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$78,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,250 – $108,510720
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$62,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,100 – $84,950280
3Machinists$62,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,320 – $88,500170
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$58,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,810 – $78,590200
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$51,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,350 – $74,400200
6Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,010 – $75,840130
7Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,930 – $64,770210
8Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$50,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,920 – $65,120120
9Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$50,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,030 – $71,130120
10Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,490 – $65,780110
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $74,730620
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$49,060
No formal educational credential
$35,990 – $66,260160
13Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,420 – $71,520190
14Printing Press Operators$47,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $62,370150
15Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $60,140160
16Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $62,860100
17Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,100 – $60,680340
18Helpers--Production Workers$45,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,400 – $50,640130
19Sewing Machine Operators$43,650
No formal educational credential
$34,270 – $60,230130
20Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $59,580940
21Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$40,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,310 – $57,680360
22Food Batchmakers$37,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,370 – $57,720190
23Bakers$36,950
No formal educational credential
$33,810 – $48,620480
24Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,620
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $41,980520
25Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$32,240
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $47,460190
26Slaughterers and Meat Packers$32,240
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $37,940130

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

#	Occupation	MedianKiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,470	$49,250 – $108,510	720
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,550	$49,100 – $84,950	280
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,000	$46,320 – $88,500	170
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,460	$44,810 – $78,590	200
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,890	$41,350 – $74,400	200
6	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,300	$40,010 – $75,840	130
7	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,140	$38,930 – $64,770	210
8	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,510	$39,920 – $65,120	120
9	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,320	$39,030 – $71,130	120
10	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,680	$38,490 – $65,780	110
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,500	$37,590 – $74,730	620
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$49,060	$35,990 – $66,260	160
13	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,210	$40,420 – $71,520	190
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,730	$37,300 – $62,370	150
15	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,750	$38,090 – $60,140	160
16	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,890	$37,790 – $62,860	100
17	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,710	$36,100 – $60,680	340
18	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,200	$34,400 – $50,640	130
19	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$43,650	$34,270 – $60,230	130
20	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,730	$34,010 – $59,580	940
21	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,510	$34,310 – $57,680	360
22	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,220	$33,370 – $57,720	190
23	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,950	$33,810 – $48,620	480
24	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,620	$32,240 – $41,980	520
25	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$32,240	$32,240 – $47,460	190
26	Slaughterers and Meat PackersNo formal educational credential	$32,240	$32,240 – $37,940	130

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. 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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