2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Production Workers, All Other

United States. Estimated employment 251,700, with pages for 14 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 51-9199
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$40,110 · 50th
$31,20010th
$36,03025th
$40,11050th
$49,01075th
$61,53090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published Production Workers, All Other page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
Hanford, CA$69,970160
Merced, CA$63,550160
Modesto, CA$52,430380
San Jose, CA$49,4501,470
Athens, GA$48,360450
Vallejo, CA$47,040270
San Francisco, CA$46,7102,050
Savannah, GA$46,140990
Macon, GA$44,820670
Atlanta, GA$40,97010,720
Augusta, GA$40,130630
Columbus, GA$40,080350
Los Angeles, CA$39,52011,190
Gainesville, GA$39,520500
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
251,700 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 51-9199, Production Workers, All Other. Mapped to our taxonomy as production-workers-all-other.

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