High paying production jobs in Morgantown, WV

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Morgantown, WV. 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 Morgantown, WV run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Morgantown, WV salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Morgantown, WV · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$63,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $124,010130
2Machinists$50,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,800 – $69,42090
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,010 – $74,310140
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$46,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,480 – $59,71040
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$42,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,800 – $62,460120
6Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,600 – $46,28030
7Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,340 – $60,67070
8Butchers and Meat Cutters$34,860
No formal educational credential
$21,400 – $45,80030
9Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,690
No formal educational credential
$24,170 – $37,030250
10Bakers$30,330
No formal educational credential
$23,380 – $42,09090
11Production Workers, All Other$28,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,080 – $47,80070

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

#	Occupation	MedianMorgantown, WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,440	$43,920 – $124,010	130
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,510	$37,800 – $69,420	90
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,650	$36,010 – $74,310	140
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,490	$31,480 – $59,710	40
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,900	$27,800 – $62,460	120
6	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,240	$35,600 – $46,280	30
7	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,800	$28,340 – $60,670	70
8	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$34,860	$21,400 – $45,800	30
9	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,690	$24,170 – $37,030	250
10	BakersNo formal educational credential	$30,330	$23,380 – $42,090	90
11	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,830	$23,080 – $47,800	70

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