High paying production jobs in Walla Walla, WA

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Walla Walla, 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 Walla Walla, WA run 1.5% below the national average (2024), so a Walla Walla, WA 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, Walla Walla, WA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$77,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,560 – $91,710210
2Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,290 – $71,49080
3Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$55,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,980 – $69,43060
4Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $88,360150
5Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$48,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,350 – $58,140120
6Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,850 – $46,09040
7Helpers--Production Workers$44,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,140 – $49,81030
8Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$43,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $47,640100
9Bakers$36,780
No formal educational credential
$34,650 – $48,55030

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

#	Occupation	MedianWalla Walla, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,220	$51,560 – $91,710	210
2	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,380	$46,290 – $71,490	80
3	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,050	$43,980 – $69,430	60
4	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,540	$37,890 – $88,360	150
5	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,130	$35,350 – $58,140	120
6	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,340	$38,850 – $46,090	40
7	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,200	$36,140 – $49,810	30
8	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,850	$34,650 – $47,640	100
9	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,780	$34,650 – $48,550	30

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