2001 Washington State Employment and Wage Estimates
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Manufacturing

Bellingham MSA, Washington

 

Production Occupations

Occupational title Occ. code Est. empl. Empl %RSE Mean wage Mean %RSE 25th pct Median wage 75th pct
PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 51-0000 3,970 5.59 $ 30,538 3.06 $ 21,077 $ 27,735 $ 39,460
      $ 14.68   $ 10.13 $ 13.33 $ 18.97
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-7011 30 43.28 $ 26,460 3.45 $ 22,592 $ 26,008 $ 29,534
      $ 12.72   $ 10.86 $ 12.51 $ 14.19
Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9191 80 44.28 $ 29,448 6.38 $ 20,703 $ 26,117 $ 40,609
      $ 14.15   $ 9.95 $ 12.56 $ 19.52
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9121 50 4.05 $ 22,538 3.43 $ 19,118 $ 21,467 $ 25,957
      $ 10.84   $ 9.19 $ 10.32 $ 12.48
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031 80 5.67 $ 25,291 2.27 $ 20,530 $ 23,120 $ 30,029
      $ 12.16   $ 9.87 $ 11.11 $ 14.44
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011 320 8.29 $ 46,967 3.07 $ 36,899 $ 45,197 $ 54,087
      $ 22.58   $ 17.74 $ 21.73 $ 26.01
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 51-9022 10 0.00 $ 29,859 2.57 $ 24,311 $ 29,894 $ 35,310
      $ 14.36   $ 11.69 $ 14.38 $ 16.97
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198 160 6.00 $ 23,873 6.11 $ 17,726 $ 21,117 $ 26,929
      $ 11.48   $ 8.52 $ 10.16 $ 12.95
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061 140 21.21 $ 27,334 4.33 $ 21,447 $ 24,936 $ 32,512
      $ 13.15   $ 10.31 $ 11.99 $ 15.63
Machinists 51-4041 100 14.10 $ 31,227 4.68 $ 21,891 $ 30,750 $ 37,813
      $ 15.01   $ 10.52 $ 14.78 $ 18.18
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022 220 40.66 $ 17,952 6.08 $ 15,411 $ 16,677 $ 17,943
      $ 8.63   $ 7.41 $ 8.02 $ 8.63
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072 60 35.63 $ 21,480 4.22 $ 17,408 $ 20,631 $ 25,229
      $ 10.33   $ 8.37 $ 9.92 $ 12.13
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111 110 0.00 $ 24,136 1.28 $ 18,616 $ 23,081 $ 27,508
      $ 11.60   $ 8.95 $ 11.10 $ 13.23
Printing Machine Operators 51-5023 70 23.48 $ 34,890 2.85 $ 29,304 $ 37,080 $ 42,432
      $ 16.78   $ 14.09 $ 17.83 $ 20.40
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-7041   57.95 $ 24,820 4.13 $ 19,949 $ 22,450 $ 28,255
      $ 11.93   $ 9.59 $ 10.80 $ 13.58
Sewing Machine Operators 51-6031 30 16.00 $ 18,755 2.67 $ 15,447 $ 18,883 $ 21,484
      $ 9.01   $ 7.43 $ 9.08 $ 10.33
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-2041 70 27.53 $ 37,723 2.15 $ 34,108 $ 38,147 $ 42,597
      $ 18.13   $ 16.40 $ 18.34 $ 20.48
Team Assemblers 51-2092 280 0.89 $ 22,209 1.17 $ 18,837 $ 21,303 $ 24,282
      $ 10.67   $ 9.06 $ 10.25 $ 11.67
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121 160 9.00 $ 31,719 2.69 $ 24,734 $ 31,142 $ 37,208
      $ 15.25   $ 11.89 $ 14.98 $ 17.89
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-7042 100 11.50 $ 27,509 4.42 $ 21,416 $ 25,540 $ 33,386
      $ 13.23   $ 10.30 $ 12.28 $ 16.06
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