High paying production jobs in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lewiston-Auburn, ME. 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 Lewiston-Auburn, ME run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a Lewiston-Auburn, ME 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, Lewiston-Auburn, ME · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$69,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,710 – $97,380250
2Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$59,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $64,80060
3Machinists$59,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $65,67090
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$55,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,430 – $71,83080
5Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$51,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,120 – $58,630320
6Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $57,89050
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,750 – $74,050140
8Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,100 – $58,950100
9Printing Press Operators$46,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,710 – $62,77080
10Helpers--Production Workers$45,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,850 – $50,03050
11Sewing Machine Operators$44,670
No formal educational credential
$32,760 – $48,060160
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,800 – $59,560140
13Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$40,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,420 – $42,49040
14Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $46,71080
15Production Workers, All Other$38,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,750 – $44,65090
16Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,640
No formal educational credential
$34,830 – $57,63060
17Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$37,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,800 – $46,34040
18Bakers$37,380
No formal educational credential
$33,830 – $46,450190
19Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$37,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $47,24070
20Food Batchmakers$37,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,810 – $46,590110
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,330
No formal educational credential
$32,210 – $41,68030

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

#	Occupation	MedianLewiston-Auburn, ME	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,780	$45,710 – $97,380	250
2	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,300	$45,760 – $64,800	60
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,020	$37,330 – $65,670	90
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,520	$46,430 – $71,830	80
5	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,980	$40,120 – $58,630	320
6	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,750	$38,020 – $57,890	50
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,310	$32,750 – $74,050	140
8	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,030	$37,100 – $58,950	100
9	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,850	$37,710 – $62,770	80
10	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,070	$35,850 – $50,030	50
11	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$44,670	$32,760 – $48,060	160
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,500	$35,800 – $59,560	140
13	Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,420	$40,420 – $42,490	40
14	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,400	$36,960 – $46,710	80
15	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,790	$38,750 – $44,650	90
16	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,640	$34,830 – $57,630	60
17	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,800	$37,800 – $46,340	40
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,380	$33,830 – $46,450	190
19	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,330	$37,230 – $47,240	70
20	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,120	$36,810 – $46,590	110
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,330	$32,210 – $41,680	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lewiston-Auburn, ME. 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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