| Occupation |
Occ. code |
Mean wage |
Entry wage |
Exp. wage |
25th pct |
Median wage |
75th pct |
| Foundry Mold and Coremakers | 51-4071 | $29,738
$14.30 | $23,363
$11.23 | $32,926
$15.83 | $25,205
$12.12 | $29,541
$14.20 | $34,747
$16.71 |
| Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand | 51-9022 | $25,549
$12.28 | $18,108
$8.71 | $29,270
$14.07 | $19,487
$9.37 | $23,778
$11.43 | $29,943
$14.40 |
| Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4033 | $39,921
$19.19 | $25,842
$12.42 | $46,961
$22.58 | $26,945
$12.95 | $36,656
$17.62 | $52,850
$25.41 |
| Helpers--Production Workers | 51-9198 | $26,616
$12.80 | $18,990
$9.13 | $30,429
$14.63 | $20,325
$9.77 | $26,332
$12.66 | $33,384
$16.05 |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 51-9061 | $47,523
$22.85 | $29,516
$14.19 | $56,526
$27.18 | $34,034
$16.36 | $44,687
$21.48 | $58,005
$27.89 |
| Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers | 51-9071 | $28,698
$13.80 | $19,687
$9.46 | $33,204
$15.96 | $20,822
$10.01 | $23,642
$11.37 | $32,544
$15.65 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | 51-6011 | $19,409
$9.33 | $17,074
$8.21 | $20,576
$9.89 | $17,236
$8.29 | $18,653
$8.97 | $21,457
$10.32 |
| Machinists | 51-4041 | $43,940
$21.12 | $31,851
$15.31 | $49,984
$24.03 | $36,308
$17.46 | $43,872
$21.09 | $51,816
$24.91 |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 51-3022 | $27,570
$13.25 | $19,540
$9.39 | $31,585
$15.19 | $21,695
$10.43 | $28,678
$13.79 | $33,557
$16.13 |
| Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders | 51-4051 | $37,891
$18.22 | $28,369
$13.64 | $42,652
$20.51 | $32,859
$15.80 | $40,178
$19.32 | $44,054
$21.18 |
| Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9023 | $26,544
$12.76 | $21,794
$10.48 | $28,918
$13.90 | $21,570
$10.37 | $23,535
$11.32 | $32,049
$15.41 |
| Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4072 | $22,874
$11.00 | $18,214
$8.76 | $25,203
$12.12 | $19,429
$9.34 | $21,798
$10.48 | $23,817
$11.45 |
| Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians | 51-9083 | $31,632
$15.21 | $21,113
$10.15 | $36,892
$17.74 | $23,900
$11.49 | $29,036
$13.96 | $39,860
$19.16 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 51-9111 | $20,915
$10.06 | $17,203
$8.27 | $22,771
$10.95 | $18,082
$8.69 | $20,485
$9.85 | $23,090
$11.10 |
| Painters, Transportation Equipment | 51-9122 | $46,603
$22.41 | $34,691
$16.68 | $52,559
$25.27 | $37,654
$18.10 | $44,091
$21.20 | $52,412
$25.20 |
| Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9196 | $32,058
$15.41 | $25,279
$12.15 | $35,447
$17.04 | $26,725
$12.85 | $31,697
$15.24 | $37,172
$17.87 |
| Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators | 51-9151 | $33,123
$15.92 | $20,761
$9.98 | $39,305
$18.90 | $23,231
$11.17 | $31,131
$14.97 | $42,514
$20.44 |
| Prepress Technicians and Workers | 51-5111 | $31,233
$15.02 | $21,991
$10.57 | $35,854
$17.24 | $24,115
$11.59 | $29,816
$14.33 | $36,719
$17.65 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | 51-6021 | $18,307
$8.80 | $17,287
$8.31 | $18,817
$9.05 | $17,222
$8.28 | $18,386
$8.84 | $19,551
$9.40 |
| Print Binding and Finishing Workers | 51-5113 | $28,745
$13.82 | $19,220
$9.24 | $33,508
$16.11 | $20,772
$9.99 | $26,869
$12.92 | $34,829
$16.74 |
| Printing Press Operators | 51-5112 | $31,573
$15.18 | $21,769
$10.47 | $36,474
$17.54 | $23,461
$11.28 | $29,247
$14.06 | $36,332
$17.47 |
| Production Workers, All Other | 51-9199 | $31,479
$15.13 | $18,417
$8.85 | $38,010
$18.27 | $19,781
$9.51 | $30,662
$14.74 | $39,176
$18.83 |
| Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood | 51-7041 | $25,658
$12.34 | $21,812
$10.49 | $27,580
$13.26 | $21,470
$10.32 | $23,315
$11.21 | $28,430
$13.67 |
| Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9012 | $31,031
$14.92 | $23,318
$11.21 | $34,887
$16.77 | $25,361
$12.19 | $32,939
$15.84 | $36,011
$17.31 |
| Sewing Machine Operators | 51-6031 | $21,256
$10.22 | $17,208
$8.27 | $23,280
$11.19 | $17,886
$8.60 | $19,943
$9.59 | $23,902
$11.49 |
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