High paying production jobs in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ. 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 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ run 1.7% below the national average (2024), so a Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$69,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,970 – $99,340220
2Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$59,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,830 – $75,77050
3Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $97,56030
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$51,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $77,330200
5Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,970 – $81,22080
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$49,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,380 – $73,670160
7Machinists$49,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $64,980160
8Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $57,10050
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$46,210
No formal educational credential
$35,340 – $54,38070
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$45,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $50,990130
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,220 – $72,160230
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,030 – $59,570360
13Printing Press Operators$37,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,450 – $67,820100
14Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,290 – $45,76090
15Bakers$35,810
No formal educational credential
$33,910 – $51,85060
16Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,510
No formal educational credential
$31,680 – $38,65090

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

#	Occupation	MedianPrescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,110	$45,970 – $99,340	220
2	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,440	$41,830 – $75,770	50
3	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,790	$37,230 – $97,560	30
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,300	$38,650 – $77,330	200
5	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$35,970 – $81,220	80
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,730	$44,380 – $73,670	160
7	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,210	$38,020 – $64,980	160
8	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,220	$36,510 – $57,100	50
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$46,210	$35,340 – $54,380	70
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,580	$37,530 – $50,990	130
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,350	$38,220 – $72,160	230
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,350	$35,030 – $59,570	360
13	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,600	$34,450 – $67,820	100
14	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,380	$33,290 – $45,760	90
15	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,810	$33,910 – $51,850	60
16	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,510	$31,680 – $38,650	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ. 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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