Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

51-9198 Helpers--Production Workers

Help production workers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment. Apprentice workers are classified in the appropriate production occupations (51-0000).

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
303,030	1.9 %	$14.68	$30,540	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$9.90	$11.59	$13.99	$17.32	$20.48
Annual Wage (2)	$20,590	$24,120	$29,100	$36,030	$42,600

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Employment Services	78,690	2.14	$13.51	$28,100
Animal Slaughtering and Processing	24,120	4.57	$14.97	$31,140
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing	12,090	4.45	$15.61	$32,470
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)	11,710	2.38	$14.53	$30,230
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	10,810	3.44	$14.50	$30,160

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing	250	8.42	$14.04	$29,190
Animal Slaughtering and Processing	24,120	4.57	$14.97	$31,140
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing	12,090	4.45	$15.61	$32,470
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills	3,560	3.85	$18.79	$39,090
Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities	5,400	3.83	$14.36	$29,870

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Natural Gas Distribution	60	0.05	$22.59	$46,980
Oil and Gas Extraction	30	0.02	$19.17	$39,860
Nonresidential Building Construction	850	0.10	$18.87	$39,250
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills	3,560	3.85	$18.79	$39,090
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	500	0.03	$18.62	$38,740

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Texas	33,760	2.72	1.32	$14.32	$29,780
California	26,810	1.54	0.75	$14.87	$30,920
Alabama	17,370	8.80	4.27	$12.47	$25,940
Indiana	16,760	5.45	2.64	$14.82	$30,830
Illinois	13,980	2.32	1.12	$15.15	$31,500

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Alabama	17,370	8.80	4.27	$12.47	$25,940
Arkansas	9,480	7.78	3.77	$13.56	$28,210
Indiana	16,760	5.45	2.64	$14.82	$30,830
Idaho	2,890	3.97	1.92	$16.23	$33,760
Iowa	6,130	3.96	1.92	$15.94	$33,160

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Wyoming	270	0.97	0.47	$17.71	$36,830
North Dakota	600	1.42	0.69	$17.66	$36,730
Washington	3,020	0.91	0.44	$17.53	$36,460
Connecticut	1,440	0.87	0.42	$17.26	$35,910
Wisconsin	7,040	2.45	1.19	$16.63	$34,590

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	12,110	1.94	0.94	$14.30	$29,750
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	10,340	2.83	1.37	$13.74	$28,590
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	9,750	3.20	1.55	$14.78	$30,740
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	9,200	1.97	0.95	$15.37	$31,970
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	5,650	0.58	0.28	$15.21	$31,630
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	5,340	2.71	1.31	$15.07	$31,340
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	4,750	4.49	2.18	$14.05	$29,220
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	4,590	3.68	1.79	$13.01	$27,060
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	4,020	1.47	0.71	$13.76	$28,620
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	3,940	1.37	0.66	$15.93	$33,130