Production Workers, All Other salary

SOC 51-9199 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$40,110

per year, nationally

Middle half

$36,030–$49,010

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

251,700

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+0.5%

31,600 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$31,200$61,530

10th: $31,200
25th: $36,030
Median: $40,110
75th: $49,010
90th: $61,530

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where production workers, all other earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$109,470	109.9	70	0.06×
2	Indiana	$48,260	93.3	2,530	0.49×
3	Maryland	$47,640	105.0	2,490	0.56×
4	New Hampshire	$47,620	104.2	1,600	1.45×
5	Colorado	$47,200	103.1	1,120	0.24×
6	Oregon	$47,180	103.4	2,530	0.79×
7	Washington	$47,060	107.0	1,550	0.27×
8	Minnesota	$47,020	98.6	3,550	0.74×
9	Vermont	$46,570	98.0	470	0.96×
10	Maine	$46,470	97.0	890	0.86×
11	Massachusetts	$45,780	105.8	2,860	0.49×
12	Hawaii	$45,300	110.0	180	0.18×
13	Louisiana	$45,210	88.2	7,980	2.55×
14	Connecticut	$45,140	103.6	2,030	0.74×
15	North Dakota	$45,100	89.0	450	0.64×
16	South Dakota	$44,910	88.6	140	0.19×
17	Iowa	$44,450	87.8	3,480	1.38×
18	Pennsylvania	$44,290	97.6	8,490	0.86×
19	Oklahoma	$44,120	87.8	1,250	0.45×
20	Alaska	$43,560	102.4	100	0.19×
21	Nebraska	$42,980	90.1	510	0.31×
22	Wisconsin	$42,850	94.1	5,950	1.25×
23	New York	$42,070	107.9	3,370	0.21×
24	Montana	$41,990	94.6	290	0.36×
25	Illinois	$41,730	100.0	9,240	0.94×
26	California	$41,670	110.7	28,090	0.95×
27	Utah	$41,460	98.9	4,470	1.59×
28	Arizona	$41,350	100.7	1,750	0.33×
29	Nevada	$40,700	100.0	3,100	1.23×
30	Tennessee	$40,130	91.9	20,150	3.80×
31	New Jersey	$40,000	108.8	5,310	0.77×
32	Georgia	$39,900	96.3	22,440	2.84×
33	Delaware	$39,720	99.8	70	0.09×
34	South Carolina	$39,600	93.7	1,890	0.51×
35	West Virginia	$39,500	89.5	2,260	1.99×
36	Texas	$38,850	97.1	18,340	0.81×
37	North Carolina	$38,790	94.3	18,350	2.29×
38	Ohio	$38,720	92.8	9,090	1.01×
39	Kentucky	$38,630	90.2	2,780	0.86×
40	Mississippi	$38,570	87.0	2,710	1.44×
41	Missouri	$38,470	90.8	8,300	1.75×
42	Virginia	$38,340	101.1	4,970	0.75×
43	Michigan	$37,950	96.2	14,690	2.06×
44	Florida	$37,690	103.4	11,440	0.71×
45	Wyoming	$37,500	92.7	160	0.35×
46	Idaho	$37,480	95.5	810	0.58×
47	Alabama	$37,460	88.8	630	0.18×
48	Kansas	$37,070	90.1	610	0.26×
49	New Mexico	$36,460	92.2	1,920	1.36×
50	Rhode Island	$36,130	102.3	420	0.52×
51	Arkansas	$36,030	86.9	3,800	1.80×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where production workers, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for production workers, all other

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Lewiston, ID-WA	$93,420	91.2	40	0.95×
2	Ames, IA	$70,690	88.8	70	0.76×
3	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$69,970	101.6	160	1.99×
4	Peoria, IL	$63,780	91.2	740	2.77×
5	Merced, CA	$63,550	98.3	160	1.26×
6	Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	$63,070	92.7	420	2.67×
7	Lynchburg, VA	$60,080	89.4	320	2.05×
8	Elmira, NY	$56,810	94.4	60	1.14×
9	Chambersburg, PA	$56,170	94.6	40	0.41×
10	Longview, TX	$54,800	89.5	180	0.97×
11	Columbia, MO	$53,510	89.4	300	1.74×
12	Grand Forks, ND-MN	$52,920	86.7	40	0.45×
13	Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	$52,550	89.0	120	1.97×
14	Modesto, CA	$52,430	104.1	380	1.19×
15	Hinesville, GA	$52,060	93.9	70	2.16×
16	Medford, OR	$51,460	101.4	100	0.67×
17	Portland-South Portland, ME	$51,420	101.9	380	0.82×
18	Glens Falls, NY	$50,870	94.9	40	0.54×
19	Napa, CA	$50,270	112.6	50	0.42×
20	Bozeman, MT	$50,260	102.5	60	0.50×
21	Tucson, AZ	$49,890	96.9	180	0.29×
22	Carson City, NV	$49,760	98.1	140	2.68×
23	Bismarck, ND	$49,600	91.0	80	0.68×
24	Albany, OR	$49,480	102.1	200	2.57×
25	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$49,450	110.4	1,470	0.80×
26	Boulder, CO	$49,180	105.2	70	0.23×
27	Gettysburg, PA	$49,170	95.4	90	1.80×
28	Clarksville, TN-KY	$49,120	90.9	690	4.13×
29	Texarkana, TX-AR	$49,100	84.0	140	1.46×
30	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$49,090	97.0	70	0.36×
31	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$48,790	108.3	2,340	0.53×
32	Dubuque, IA	$48,750	87.3	130	1.37×
33	Oklahoma City, OK	$48,740	90.4	150	0.13×
34	Bend, OR	$48,710	103.6	70	0.38×
35	Killeen-Temple, TX	$48,600	91.1	220	0.92×
36	Lexington Park, MD	$48,580	100.8	40	0.38×
37	Grants Pass, OR	$48,480	97.8	50	0.97×
38	Athens-Clarke County, GA	$48,360	93.3	450	2.88×
39	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	$48,300	87.1	380	2.78×
40	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$48,260	111.1	1,140	0.34×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where production workers, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.