High paying production jobs in Port St. Lucie, FL

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Port St. Lucie, FL. 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 Port St. Lucie, FL run 0.2% above the national average (2024), so a Port St. Lucie, FL salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Port St. Lucie, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$64,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,410 – $103,830560
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$61,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,760 – $76,500180
3Machinists$57,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,490 – $79,910200
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,680 – $70,840290
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$50,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $76,480380
6Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $77,500140
7Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $57,62060
8Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $50,960300
9Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$47,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $77,30070
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,800 – $57,800840
11Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$45,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,350 – $59,07080
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$44,130
No formal educational credential
$32,190 – $47,940230
13Printing Press Operators$44,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,710 – $60,74080
14Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$41,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,200 – $62,96090
15Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$39,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,150 – $56,030100
16Helpers--Production Workers$38,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,820 – $48,780100
17Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$36,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,490 – $50,470110
18Production Workers, All Other$36,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,250 – $55,370140
19Bakers$35,700
No formal educational credential
$28,720 – $44,250390
20Food Batchmakers$33,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,810 – $48,67070
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$32,540
No formal educational credential
$29,070 – $36,180180
22Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$30,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,050 – $47,660220

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

#	Occupation	MedianPort St. Lucie, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,440	$45,410 – $103,830	560
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,290	$43,760 – $76,500	180
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,610	$41,490 – $79,910	200
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,270	$40,680 – $70,840	290
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,120	$36,070 – $76,480	380
6	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,800	$35,340 – $77,500	140
7	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,360	$36,160 – $57,620	60
8	Fiberglass Laminators and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$36,250 – $50,960	300
9	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,050	$37,130 – $77,300	70
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,050	$32,800 – $57,800	840
11	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,310	$36,350 – $59,070	80
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$44,130	$32,190 – $47,940	230
13	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,080	$30,710 – $60,740	80
14	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,330	$36,200 – $62,960	90
15	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,280	$37,150 – $56,030	100
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,680	$30,820 – $48,780	100
17	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,910	$29,490 – $50,470	110
18	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,300	$30,250 – $55,370	140
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,700	$28,720 – $44,250	390
20	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,020	$27,810 – $48,670	70
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,540	$29,070 – $36,180	180
22	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,210	$30,050 – $47,660	220

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Port St. Lucie, FL. 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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