High paying production jobs in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ. 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ run 5.9% below the national average (2024), so a Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$66,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,000 – $109,670210
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$52,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,650 – $65,500200
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,320 – $74,990110
4Machinists$49,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $74,72070
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,200 – $60,750250
6Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,070 – $60,01040
7Butchers and Meat Cutters$44,470
No formal educational credential
$35,000 – $49,20070
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,760 – $99,99050
9Dental Laboratory Technicians$40,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $54,73060
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,080 – $49,310410
11Bakers$36,600
No formal educational credential
$33,770 – $41,60060
12Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,230
No formal educational credential
$30,620 – $35,55050

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

#	Occupation	MedianLake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,670	$47,000 – $109,670	210
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,570	$41,650 – $65,500	200
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,030	$39,320 – $74,990	110
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,930	$37,590 – $74,720	70
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,840	$38,200 – $60,750	250
6	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,020	$39,070 – $60,010	40
7	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$44,470	$35,000 – $49,200	70
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,260	$34,760 – $99,990	50
9	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,200	$36,530 – $54,730	60
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,250	$33,080 – $49,310	410
11	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,600	$33,770 – $41,600	60
12	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,230	$30,620 – $35,550	50

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