| Occupation |
Occ. code |
Mean wage |
Entry wage |
Exp. wage |
25th pct |
Median wage |
75th pct |
| Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4033 | $38,380
$18.45 | $25,980
$12.49 | $44,590
$21.44 | $27,040
$13.00 | $33,260
$15.99 | $49,440
$23.77 |
| Helpers--Production Workers | 51-9198 | $23,930
$11.51 | $17,600
$8.46 | $27,100
$13.03 | $18,920
$9.10 | $22,610
$10.87 | $28,590
$13.74 |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 51-9061 | $47,980
$23.07 | $27,020
$12.99 | $58,460
$28.11 | $31,940
$15.36 | $44,540
$21.41 | $61,160
$29.41 |
| Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers | 51-9071 | $27,970
$13.45 | $18,740
$9.01 | $32,590
$15.67 | $20,170
$9.70 | $23,940
$11.51 | $33,280
$16.00 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | 51-6011 | $19,570
$9.41 | $17,130
$8.23 | $20,790
$10.00 | $17,350
$8.34 | $18,820
$9.05 | $21,760
$10.46 |
| Machinists | 51-4041 | $47,710
$22.94 | $32,820
$15.78 | $55,150
$26.51 | $37,050
$17.81 | $45,700
$21.97 | $56,850
$27.33 |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 51-3022 | $25,470
$12.24 | $17,550
$8.44 | $29,430
$14.15 | $19,090
$9.18 | $24,730
$11.89 | $32,130
$15.45 |
| Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other | 51-4199 | $33,160
$15.94 | $29,240
$14.06 | $35,130
$16.89 | $30,610
$14.72 | $33,530
$16.12 | $36,280
$17.44 |
| Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders | 51-4051 | $36,290
$17.45 | $28,350
$13.63 | $40,260
$19.35 | $31,130
$14.97 | $37,110
$17.84 | $42,310
$20.34 |
| Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9023 | $33,740
$16.22 | $20,270
$9.75 | $40,480
$19.46 | $22,360
$10.75 | $32,960
$15.85 | $38,500
$18.51 |
| Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic | 51-9195 | |
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| Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4072 | $23,770
$11.43 | $18,340
$8.82 | $26,490
$12.73 | $19,590
$9.42 | $22,160
$10.66 | $24,560
$11.81 |
| Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians | 51-9083 | $29,970
$14.41 | $21,880
$10.52 | $34,010
$16.35 | $24,070
$11.57 | $27,960
$13.44 | $34,710
$16.69 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 51-9111 | $21,560
$10.37 | $17,200
$8.27 | $23,740
$11.41 | $17,890
$8.60 | $20,080
$9.65 | $24,360
$11.71 |
| Painters, Transportation Equipment | 51-9122 | $34,880
$16.77 | $23,590
$11.34 | $40,530
$19.48 | $25,240
$12.14 | $32,580
$15.66 | $40,870
$19.65 |
| Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers | 51-9123 | $27,880
$13.41 | $20,090
$9.66 | $31,780
$15.28 | $21,580
$10.37 | $25,650
$12.33 | $29,510
$14.19 |
| Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers | 51-8093 | $59,680
$28.69 | $47,460
$22.82 | $65,800
$31.63 | $51,570
$24.79 | $61,620
$29.62 | $69,920
$33.62 |
| Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators | 51-9151 | $26,000
$12.50 | $17,280
$8.31 | $30,360
$14.60 | $18,580
$8.93 | $22,340
$10.74 | $30,400
$14.62 |
| Plant and System Operators, All Other | 51-8099 | $67,480
$32.44 | $43,310
$20.82 | $79,570
$38.26 | $53,110
$25.53 | $68,550
$32.96 | $84,500
$40.62 |
| Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4193 | $32,650
$15.70 | $23,870
$11.47 | $37,040
$17.81 | $30,230
$14.53 | $33,760
$16.23 | $37,290
$17.93 |
| Power Distributors and Dispatchers | 51-8012 | $69,490
$33.41 | $44,220
$21.26 | $82,130
$39.49 | $53,980
$25.95 | $78,010
$37.50 | $86,870
$41.77 |
| Prepress Technicians and Workers | 51-5111 | $33,370
$16.04 | $21,650
$10.41 | $39,230
$18.86 | $23,850
$11.47 | $31,680
$15.23 | $41,030
$19.73 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | 51-6021 | $18,570
$8.93 | $17,270
$8.31 | $19,220
$9.24 | $17,270
$8.30 | $18,530
$8.91 | $19,810
$9.53 |
| Print Binding and Finishing Workers | 51-5113 | $24,590
$11.82 | $18,980
$9.13 | $27,400
$13.17 | $20,300
$9.76 | $22,800
$10.96 | $27,050
$13.01 |
| Printing Press Operators | 51-5112 | $31,230
$15.01 | $21,530
$10.35 | $36,080
$17.34 | $23,510
$11.30 | $29,510
$14.19 | $36,130
$17.37 |
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