High paying production jobs in Ponce, PR

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ponce, PR. 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.

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

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OccupationMedian, Ponce, PR · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$47,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,010 – $81,160330
2Tool and Die Makers$36,400
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,680 – $50,98060
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$31,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,430 – $40,660100
4Production Workers, All Other$29,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $29,87060
5Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$28,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,840 – $29,4201,430
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$28,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,740 – $44,200460
7Helpers--Production Workers$23,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $33,520110
8Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$23,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $37,430180
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$22,490
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $29,440150
10Food Batchmakers$22,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $23,490140
11Bakers$22,270
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $27,550250
12Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$21,840
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $23,31050

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

#	Occupation	MedianPonce, PR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,840	$29,010 – $81,160	330
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$36,400	$32,680 – $50,980	60
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,680	$27,430 – $40,660	100
4	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,870	$21,840 – $29,870	60
5	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,620	$22,840 – $29,420	1,430
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,600	$23,740 – $44,200	460
7	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,180	$21,840 – $33,520	110
8	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,120	$21,840 – $37,430	180
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$22,490	$21,840 – $29,440	150
10	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,380	$21,840 – $23,490	140
11	BakersNo formal educational credential	$22,270	$21,840 – $27,550	250
12	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$21,840	$21,840 – $23,310	50

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