2001 Washington State Employment and Wage Estimates
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Manufacturing

Balance of State West

 

Production Occupations

Occupational title Occ. code Est. empl. Empl %RSE Mean wage Mean %RSE 25th pct Median wage 75th pct
PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 51-0000 12,860 6.80 $ 31,931 2.62 $ 21,270 $ 29,246 $ 39,065
      $ 15.35   $ 10.23 $ 14.06 $ 18.78
Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other 51-2099 300 20.86 $ 25,713 3.61 $ 21,089 $ 25,995 $ 29,332
      $ 12.36   $ 10.14 $ 12.49 $ 14.10
Bindery Workers 51-5011 40 31.36 $ 23,815 9.35 $ 16,860 $ 20,015 $ 28,849
      $ 11.45   $ 8.11 $ 9.63 $ 13.87
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-7011 80 28.47 $ 28,471 7.90 $ 22,421 $ 26,032 $ 33,015
      $ 13.69   $ 10.78 $ 12.52 $ 15.87
Chemical Plant and System Operators 51-8091   65.76 $ 41,410 5.85 $ 21,605 $ 50,034 $ 55,082
      $ 19.91   $ 10.39 $ 24.05 $ 26.49
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-9192 50 11.34 $ 18,008 5.82 $ 15,987 $ 17,192 $ 18,383
      $ 8.66   $ 7.68 $ 8.26 $ 8.84
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9121 60 13.16 $ 28,416 3.16 $ 21,644 $ 30,642 $ 34,268
      $ 13.66   $ 10.41 $ 14.73 $ 16.47
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic 51-4011 80 8.90 $ 33,928 3.28 $ 27,682 $ 33,896 $ 40,816
      $ 16.31   $ 13.31 $ 16.30 $ 19.63
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9021   71.70 $ 30,502 8.98 $ 23,737 $ 30,985 $ 34,890
      $ 14.66   $ 11.42 $ 14.90 $ 16.78
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031 110 14.64 $ 36,664 7.43 $ 25,552 $ 33,618 $ 41,725
      $ 17.62   $ 12.28 $ 16.17 $ 20.06
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers 51-2022 60 12.63 $ 23,125 3.17 $ 19,674 $ 22,772 $ 26,540
      $ 11.12   $ 9.46 $ 10.95 $ 12.76
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9041 90 29.75 $ 31,952 11.51 $ 20,942 $ 26,558 $ 46,941
      $ 15.36   $ 10.07 $ 12.77 $ 22.57
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators 51-2091 300 40.77 $ 31,336 4.81 $ 28,104 $ 32,819 $ 35,698
      $ 15.07   $ 13.51 $ 15.78 $ 17.16
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011 950 7.91 $ 52,401 2.05 $ 37,352 $ 49,711 $ 66,206
      $ 25.19   $ 17.96 $ 23.90 $ 31.83
Food Batchmakers 51-3092 40 35.54 $ 21,410 3.04 $ 19,039 $ 21,057 $ 23,468
      $ 10.30   $ 9.16 $ 10.12 $ 11.28
Foundry Mold and Coremakers 51-4071 40 20.27 $ 28,272 2.57 $ 25,035 $ 27,471 $ 30,895
      $ 13.59   $ 12.04 $ 13.21 $ 14.86
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders 51-9051 110 38.80 $ 38,223 3.92 $ 33,295 $ 39,806 $ 43,984
      $ 18.38   $ 16.00 $ 19.14 $ 21.14
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 51-9022 100 13.54 $ 28,882 3.84 $ 21,124 $ 25,178 $ 37,808
      $ 13.89   $ 10.15 $ 12.11 $ 18.18
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4033 60 24.53 $ 22,631 3.18 $ 18,767 $ 21,638 $ 25,627
      $ 10.88   $ 9.02 $ 10.40 $ 12.32
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198 510 24.02 $ 27,901 5.52 $ 21,246 $ 27,759 $ 34,072
      $ 13.41   $ 10.22 $ 13.34 $ 16.39
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