High paying production jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ run 12.6% above the national average (2024), so a New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ salary is worth about 0.89× 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, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · Employed

1Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$104,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,500 – $152,3303,810
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$83,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,030 – $102,5003,690
3First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$81,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,920 – $125,47019,220
4Machinists$62,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,930 – $92,4604,300
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$61,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,890 – $95,9205,780
6Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers$61,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,160 – $101,3504,440
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$58,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,320 – $82,8503,250
8Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$56,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $76,1603,430
9Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$54,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $79,2608,060
10Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$50,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,550 – $78,51016,370
11Printing Press Operators$49,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $77,1006,700
12Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,890 – $66,7908,760
13Butchers and Meat Cutters$42,470
No formal educational credential
$34,440 – $68,6906,220
14Helpers--Production Workers$40,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $59,7204,780
15Production Workers, All Other$40,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,160 – $67,2504,740
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,690 – $60,00026,880
17Bakers$38,890
No formal educational credential
$34,710 – $54,56016,560
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $59,20016,110
19Food Batchmakers$38,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $54,0706,860
20Sewing Machine Operators$37,780
No formal educational credential
$33,790 – $51,3606,700
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,910
No formal educational credential
$33,340 – $45,23014,040

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,810	$64,500 – $152,330	3,810
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,320	$52,030 – $102,500	3,690
3	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,790	$49,920 – $125,470	19,220
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,750	$44,930 – $92,460	4,300
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,680	$44,890 – $95,920	5,780
6	Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,360	$37,160 – $101,350	4,440
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,520	$39,320 – $82,850	3,250
8	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,780	$36,110 – $76,160	3,430
9	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,790	$35,980 – $79,260	8,060
10	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,160	$36,550 – $78,510	16,370
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,620	$36,110 – $77,100	6,700
12	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,620	$35,890 – $66,790	8,760
13	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$42,470	$34,440 – $68,690	6,220
14	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,970	$33,280 – $59,720	4,780
15	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,610	$35,160 – $67,250	4,740
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,640	$32,690 – $60,000	26,880
17	BakersNo formal educational credential	$38,890	$34,710 – $54,560	16,560
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,790	$34,200 – $59,200	16,110
19	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,790	$34,900 – $54,070	6,860
20	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$37,780	$33,790 – $51,360	6,700
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,910	$33,340 – $45,230	14,040

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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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