| Occupation | 
Occ. code | 
Estabs. reporting occupation | 
Est. empl. | 
Mean wage | 
Entry wage | 
Exp. wage | 
25th pct | 
Median wage | 
75th pct | 
 
| PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS | 
51-0000 | 
     14    | 
      330  | 
29,834 | 
22,728 | 
33,387 | 
24,349 | 
28,503 | 
33,980 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
14.34 | 
10.93 | 
16.05 | 
11.71 | 
13.70 | 
16.34 | 
 
| First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers | 
51-1011 | 
      9    | 
       20  | 
53,619 | 
38,848 | 
61,005 | 
41,873 | 
48,566 | 
54,996 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
25.78 | 
18.68 | 
29.33 | 
20.13 | 
23.35 | 
26.44 | 
 
| Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 
51-4031 | 
      3    | 
       10  | 
28,912 | 
25,155 | 
30,790 | 
26,013 | 
29,177 | 
32,567 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
13.90 | 
12.09 | 
14.80 | 
12.51 | 
14.03 | 
15.66 | 
 
| Machinists | 
51-4041 | 
      7    | 
       50  | 
32,629 | 
24,847 | 
36,520 | 
26,385 | 
32,289 | 
39,198 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
15.69 | 
11.95 | 
17.56 | 
12.69 | 
15.52 | 
18.85 | 
 
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | 
51-4121 | 
      7    | 
      140  | 
27,683 | 
22,186 | 
30,431 | 
23,562 | 
27,078 | 
31,335 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
13.31 | 
10.67 | 
14.63 | 
11.33 | 
13.02 | 
15.06 | 
 
| Helpers--Production Workers | 
51-9198 | 
      4    | 
       20  | 
22,386 | 
16,894 | 
25,132 | 
17,950 | 
23,212 | 
26,387 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
10.76 | 
8.12 | 
12.08 | 
8.63 | 
11.16 | 
12.69 | 
 
 
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