High paying production jobs in Pocatello, ID

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Pocatello, ID. 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 Pocatello, ID run 11.1% below the national average (2024), so a Pocatello, ID 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, Pocatello, ID · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$72,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,160 – $89,700130
2Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$58,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,770 – $61,580180
3Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,430 – $62,08090
4Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,210 – $47,21040
5Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,790 – $47,83050
6Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$41,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,050 – $54,430110
7Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,490
No formal educational credential
$28,730 – $49,47050
8Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$36,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,840 – $47,51040
9Bakers$31,570
No formal educational credential
$20,700 – $38,81070

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

#	Occupation	MedianPocatello, ID	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,260	$47,160 – $89,700	130
2	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,140	$40,770 – $61,580	180
3	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,310	$36,430 – $62,080	90
4	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$39,210 – $47,210	40
5	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,790	$44,790 – $47,830	50
6	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,480	$33,050 – $54,430	110
7	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,490	$28,730 – $49,470	50
8	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,760	$30,840 – $47,510	40
9	BakersNo formal educational credential	$31,570	$20,700 – $38,810	70

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