| Occupation | 
Occ. code | 
Estabs. reporting occupation | 
Est. empl. | 
Mean wage | 
Mean of the lower one-third | 
Mean of the upper two-thirds | 
10th pct | 
25th pct | 
Median wage | 
75th pct | 
 
| PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS | 
51-0000 | 
     54    | 
    1,370  | 
48,311 | 
26,942 | 
58,995 | 
20,997 | 
34,031 | 
50,047 | 
62,126 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
23.23 | 
12.96 | 
28.37 | 
10.10 | 
16.36 | 
24.07 | 
29.87 | 
 
| First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers | 
51-1011 | 
     20    | 
      130  | 
70,693 | 
46,780 | 
82,649 | 
41,712 | 
52,106 | 
77,937 | 
86,659 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
33.98 | 
22.49 | 
39.74 | 
20.06 | 
25.06 | 
37.47 | 
41.67 | 
 
| Machinists | 
51-4041 | 
      7    | 
       50  | 
46,077 | 
33,677 | 
52,277 | 
31,828 | 
35,539 | 
42,606 | 
58,868 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
22.16 | 
16.19 | 
25.14 | 
15.30 | 
17.09 | 
20.48 | 
28.30 | 
 
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | 
51-4121 | 
     14    | 
      290  | 
47,366 | 
32,987 | 
54,557 | 
25,406 | 
39,265 | 
45,747 | 
55,959 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
22.77 | 
15.86 | 
26.23 | 
12.21 | 
18.87 | 
22.00 | 
26.90 | 
 
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | 
51-6011 | 
      7    | 
       40  | 
18,212 | 
15,921 | 
19,358 | 
14,814 | 
16,465 | 
17,999 | 
19,596 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
8.76 | 
7.65 | 
9.31 | 
7.12 | 
7.92 | 
8.65 | 
9.42 | 
 
| Gas Plant Operators | 
51-8092 | 
      4    | 
       40  | 
52,236 | 
45,284 | 
55,712 | 
38,347 | 
48,322 | 
53,236 | 
57,507 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
25.12 | 
21.77 | 
26.78 | 
18.44 | 
23.23 | 
25.59 | 
27.65 | 
 
| Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 
51-9012 | 
      4    | 
      120  | 
56,253 | 
53,221 | 
57,769 | 
48,882 | 
51,380 | 
55,541 | 
59,587 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
27.04 | 
25.59 | 
27.77 | 
23.50 | 
24.70 | 
26.70 | 
28.65 | 
 
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 
51-9061 | 
      7    | 
       70  | 
32,620 | 
23,198 | 
37,331 | 
20,694 | 
25,808 | 
30,764 | 
37,140 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
15.68 | 
11.15 | 
17.95 | 
9.95 | 
12.41 | 
14.79 | 
17.85 | 
 
| Helpers--Production Workers | 
51-9198 | 
      7    | 
       40  | 
30,375 | 
18,353 | 
36,386 | 
16,768 | 
19,480 | 
23,052 | 
47,155 | 
 
|   | 
  | 
  | 
14.60 | 
8.83 | 
17.49 | 
8.06 | 
9.36 | 
11.08 | 
22.67 | 
 
 
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