Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

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 Helpers--Production Workers
Industry profile for Helpers--Production Workers
Geographic profile for Helpers--Production Workers

National estimates for Helpers--Production Workers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Helpers--Production Workers:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
239,340	1.7 %	$ 15.39	$ 32,000	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for Helpers--Production Workers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 10.43	$ 12.47	$ 14.66	$ 17.96	$ 21.72
Annual Wage (2)	$ 21,700	$ 25,930	$ 30,500	$ 37,360	$ 45,180

Industry profile for Helpers--Production Workers:

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

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Helpers--Production Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Employment Services	48,610	1.52	$ 13.97	$ 29,050
Animal Slaughtering and Processing	20,120	3.78	$ 15.02	$ 31,240
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	10,990	3.76	$ 15.39	$ 32,020
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)	10,740	2.27	$ 15.04	$ 31,280
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing	9,690	3.68	$ 16.58	$ 34,490

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Helpers--Production Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing	160	5.84	$ 15.62	$ 32,490
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills	3,830	4.18	$ 19.05	$ 39,620
Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities	5,150	3.92	$ 15.12	$ 31,450
Animal Slaughtering and Processing	20,120	3.78	$ 15.02	$ 31,240
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	10,990	3.76	$ 15.39	$ 32,020

Top paying industries for Helpers--Production Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Support Activities for Water Transportation	30	0.04	$ 27.94	$ 58,110
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	250	0.02	$ 20.74	$ 43,140
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	300	0.08	$ 20.07	$ 41,730
Metal Ore Mining	40	0.11	$ 19.94	$ 41,480
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	350	0.16	$ 19.43	$ 40,410

Geographic profile for Helpers--Production Workers:

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

States with the highest employment level in Helpers--Production Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Texas	25,620	2.12	1.23	$ 14.54	$ 30,250
California	25,010	1.52	0.88	$ 16.30	$ 33,890
Alabama	14,000	7.35	4.27	$ 12.91	$ 26,860
Indiana	12,540	4.30	2.50	$ 15.29	$ 31,800
Illinois	11,370	2.02	1.17	$ 15.73	$ 32,720

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Helpers--Production Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Arkansas	9,010	7.65	4.44	$ 14.19	$ 29,520
Alabama	14,000	7.35	4.27	$ 12.91	$ 26,860
Indiana	12,540	4.30	2.50	$ 15.29	$ 31,800
Idaho	2,710	3.77	2.19	$ 16.33	$ 33,960
Mississippi	3,100	2.88	1.67	$ 13.98	$ 29,080

Top paying states for Helpers--Production Workers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Wyoming	280	1.08	0.63	$ 18.48	$ 38,450
Connecticut	1,220	0.79	0.46	$ 18.11	$ 37,670
Hawaii	280	0.49	0.28	$ 18.09	$ 37,620
Washington	2,360	0.74	0.43	$ 17.80	$ 37,020
Massachusetts	3,970	1.18	0.69	$ 17.67	$ 36,750

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Helpers--Production Workers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	11,480	1.97	1.15	$ 15.91	$ 33,090
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	8,670	1.99	1.16	$ 16.39	$ 34,090
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	8,030	2.24	1.30	$ 13.77	$ 28,650
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	7,950	2.68	1.56	$ 15.57	$ 32,380
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	4,710	0.53	0.31	$ 16.44	$ 34,200
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	3,670	3.60	2.09	$ 14.21	$ 29,560
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	3,510	2.90	1.68	$ 14.29	$ 29,720
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	3,240	1.75	1.02	$ 16.94	$ 35,240
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	3,120	1.19	0.69	$ 15.02	$ 31,240
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	2,930	1.09	0.63	$ 16.51	$ 34,340

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Helpers--Production Workers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Gettysburg, PA	490	16.14	9.38	$ 15.18	$ 31,570
Kokomo, IN	550	15.15	8.80	$ 12.36	$ 25,700
Tuscaloosa, AL	1,440	14.33	8.33	$ 17.45	$ 36,300
Twin Falls, ID	540	11.69	6.79	$ 14.44	$ 30,030
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	1,450	11.51	6.69	$ 17.36	$ 36,110
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO	2,720	10.99	6.39	$ 14.07	$ 29,270
Auburn-Opelika, AL	610	10.68	6.21	$ 10.14	$ 21,100
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	460	8.94	5.20	$ 10.60	$ 22,050
Mobile, AL	1,270	7.51	4.36	$ 12.20	$ 25,380
Harrisonburg, VA	460	7.46	4.34	$ 16.52	$ 34,360