2001 Washington State Employment and Wage Estimates
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Manufacturing

Yakima 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 4,980 4.42 $ 27,798 2.49 $ 20,465 $ 26,104 $ 32,810
      $ 13.36   $ 9.84 $ 12.55 $ 15.77
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9121 50 11.86 $ 20,537 6.00 $ 14,574 $ 17,457 $ 25,152
      $ 9.87   $ 7.01 $ 8.39 $ 12.10
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9021   65.61 $ 21,996 5.71 $ 18,203 $ 21,064 $ 24,469
      $ 10.57   $ 8.75 $ 10.12 $ 11.76
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031 160 25.96 $ 26,943 2.46 $ 21,741 $ 26,670 $ 32,333
      $ 12.95   $ 10.45 $ 12.82 $ 15.55
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers 51-2022 10 6.78 $ 26,057 3.97 $ 20,773 $ 25,009 $ 29,924
      $ 12.53   $ 9.98 $ 12.03 $ 14.39
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers 51-2023 10 0.00          
               
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4021 180 31.40 $ 30,670 2.80 $ 27,173 $ 30,805 $ 34,311
      $ 14.74   $ 13.06 $ 14.81 $ 16.49
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9041   51.26 $ 26,609 4.81 $ 20,161 $ 26,735 $ 31,754
      $ 12.79   $ 9.70 $ 12.85 $ 15.26
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011 420 15.79 $ 47,556 1.96 $ 38,459 $ 45,488 $ 56,470
      $ 22.86   $ 18.49 $ 21.87 $ 27.15
Food Batchmakers 51-3092 30 47.34 $ 29,094 2.53 $ 25,936 $ 28,598 $ 33,326
      $ 13.99   $ 12.46 $ 13.75 $ 16.03
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 51-9022 10 27.66 $ 22,322 3.80 $ 18,477 $ 22,449 $ 26,026
      $ 10.73   $ 8.88 $ 10.80 $ 12.51
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4033 20 0.00 $ 24,219 2.73 $ 18,219 $ 25,398 $ 28,262
      $ 11.64   $ 8.76 $ 12.21 $ 13.58
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198 270 7.93 $ 23,027 2.30 $ 19,109 $ 23,188 $ 27,107
      $ 11.07   $ 9.19 $ 11.14 $ 13.04
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061 160 9.27 $ 28,635 4.27 $ 23,402 $ 27,469 $ 32,752
      $ 13.77   $ 11.25 $ 13.21 $ 15.75
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4034 20 0.00 $ 41,154 2.98 $ 36,083 $ 41,507 $ 46,812
      $ 19.79   $ 17.35 $ 19.95 $ 22.51
Machinists 51-4041 90 24.57 $ 31,926 2.00 $ 26,547 $ 31,926 $ 36,331
      $ 15.34   $ 12.76 $ 15.34 $ 17.47
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023 60 19.48 $ 28,287 6.61 $ 21,644 $ 29,147 $ 34,177
      $ 13.60   $ 10.41 $ 14.01 $ 16.43
Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers 51-4012 20 0.00 $ 46,984 2.69 $ 31,394 $ 45,971 $ 64,449
      $ 22.59   $ 15.09 $ 22.10 $ 30.99
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111 360 27.91 $ 26,525 2.50 $ 24,667 $ 26,774 $ 28,875
      $ 12.75   $ 11.86 $ 12.87 $ 13.88
Printing Machine Operators 51-5023 100 19.39 $ 35,317 2.76 $ 30,731 $ 35,624 $ 41,643
      $ 16.98   $ 14.77 $ 17.12 $ 20.02
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