High paying production jobs in Lynchburg, VA

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lynchburg, VA. 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 Lynchburg, VA run 10.6% below the national average (2024), so a Lynchburg, VA salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Lynchburg, VA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$73,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,620 – $104,730610
2Machinists$61,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,440 – $90,390480
3Production Workers, All Other$60,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,120 – $60,080320
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$57,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,070 – $91,650750
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$56,380
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,480 – $81,33030
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$54,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,160 – $72,500160
7Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$53,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,360 – $63,45080
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$51,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,640 – $77,780610
9Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,010 – $54,970120
10Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$50,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,660 – $64,98070
11Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,950 – $73,730310
12Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$49,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,240 – $61,360310
13Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$49,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,410 – $75,08050
14Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,730 – $63,24050
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,840 – $78,290170
16Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,510 – $62,41070
17Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,130 – $61,060350
18Printing Press Operators$44,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,050 – $63,800190
19Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,790 – $44,84090
20Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,160 – $60,480130
21Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,890 – $75,880770
22Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,080 – $83,25050
23Helpers--Production Workers$38,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,530 – $48,010190
24Print Binding and Finishing Workers$37,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,000 – $50,030100
25Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$37,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,510 – $42,960200
26Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $58,27050
27Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers$37,110
No formal educational credential
$34,790 – $62,64040
28Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,930
No formal educational credential
$30,210 – $45,32060
29Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$36,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,840 – $49,61050
30Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$30,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $45,570140
31Bakers$29,650
No formal educational credential
$26,540 – $42,760180
32Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$29,100
No formal educational credential
$25,810 – $34,440120

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

#	Occupation	MedianLynchburg, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,860	$45,620 – $104,730	610
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,140	$44,440 – $90,390	480
3	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,080	$38,120 – $60,080	320
4	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,660	$38,070 – $91,650	750
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$56,380	$43,480 – $81,330	30
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,920	$37,160 – $72,500	160
7	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,940	$46,360 – $63,450	80
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,970	$38,640 – $77,780	610
9	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,520	$38,010 – $54,970	120
10	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,840	$40,660 – $64,980	70
11	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,900	$36,950 – $73,730	310
12	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,880	$34,240 – $61,360	310
13	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,180	$38,410 – $75,080	50
14	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,810	$28,730 – $63,240	50
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,100	$39,840 – $78,290	170
16	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,390	$37,510 – $62,410	70
17	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,190	$34,130 – $61,060	350
18	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,880	$32,050 – $63,800	190
19	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,840	$42,790 – $44,840	90
20	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,300	$31,160 – $60,480	130
21	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,900	$30,890 – $75,880	770
22	Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,720	$35,080 – $83,250	50
23	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,670	$32,530 – $48,010	190
24	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,940	$35,000 – $50,030	100
25	Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,690	$37,510 – $42,960	200
26	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,110	$31,200 – $58,270	50
27	Painting, Coating, and Decorating WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,110	$34,790 – $62,640	40
28	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,930	$30,210 – $45,320	60
29	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,710	$29,840 – $49,610	50
30	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,930	$28,080 – $45,570	140
31	BakersNo formal educational credential	$29,650	$26,540 – $42,760	180
32	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,100	$25,810 – $34,440	120

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