High paying production jobs in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA. 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA run 3.7% above the national average (2024), so a Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$88,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,710 – $100,80070
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$73,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,010 – $107,480260
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$58,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,400 – $83,830140
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$57,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $74,980200
5Machinists$55,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,050 – $72,470120
6Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$54,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,450 – $115,65070
7Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,390 – $73,48040
8Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$51,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $68,64050
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$49,790
No formal educational credential
$36,800 – $67,430110
10Printing Press Operators$49,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,070 – $68,72050
11Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $54,450340
12Bakers$46,960
No formal educational credential
$35,950 – $58,430180
13Helpers--Production Workers$46,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $66,28050
14Food Batchmakers$45,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $70,090150
15Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$38,440
No formal educational credential
$35,380 – $44,89090

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

#	Occupation	MedianOlympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$88,270	$65,710 – $100,800	70
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,150	$52,010 – $107,480	260
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,680	$49,400 – $83,830	140
4	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,440	$36,040 – $74,980	200
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,660	$48,050 – $72,470	120
6	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,120	$44,450 – $115,650	70
7	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,910	$38,390 – $73,480	40
8	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,110	$45,760 – $68,640	50
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$49,790	$36,800 – $67,430	110
10	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,750	$39,070 – $68,720	50
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,960	$37,440 – $54,450	340
12	BakersNo formal educational credential	$46,960	$35,950 – $58,430	180
13	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,630	$36,910 – $66,280	50
14	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,650	$34,900 – $70,090	150
15	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$38,440	$35,380 – $44,890	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA. 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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