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Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana, had highest employment concentration of production occupations in May 2024
April 07, 2025
Production occupations had employment of 8.7 million in May 2024, representing 5.7 percent of total U.S. employment. Production occupations include jobs operating machinery or equipment to assemble goods or distribute power and are generally found in manufacturing industries. The largest production occupations were miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators; first-line supervisors of production and operating workers; and inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.
Location quotients and employment for production occupations, by metropolitan area, May 2024
Area
Location quotient
Employment
Abilene, TX
0.67
2,830
Akron, OH
1.34
24,390
Albany, GA
0.99
3,310
Albany, OR
1.82
4,730
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
0.65
16,280
Albuquerque, NM
0.61
13,890
Alexandria, LA
0.79
2,670
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
1.24
25,970
Altoona, PA
1.42
4,690
Amarillo, TX
1.47
10,180
Ames, IA
1.25
4,000
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
0.54
2,160
Anchorage, AK
0.35
3,480
Ann Arbor, MI
0.74
9,150
Anniston-Oxford, AL
2.47
6,060
Appleton, WI
2.23
15,690
Asheville, NC
1.16
12,280
Athens-Clarke County, GA
1.05
5,670
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
0.82
134,210
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
0.35
3,340
Auburn-Opelika, AL
1.61
6,560
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
1.43
18,600
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
0.60
43,060
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
0.60
11,360
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
0.42
31,640
Bangor, ME
0.58
2,370
Barnstable Town, MA
0.34
1,830
Baton Rouge, LA
1.02
23,230
Battle Creek, MI
2.47
7,510
Bay City, MI
1.49
2,810
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
1.50
13,510
Beckley, WV
0.50
1,220
Bellingham, WA
1.23
6,350
Bend, OR
0.99
6,020
Billings, MT
0.66
3,530
Binghamton, NY
0.94
5,150
Birmingham, AL
1.17
34,250
Bismarck, ND
0.69
2,760
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
1.76
7,440
Bloomington, IL
1.52
7,790
Bloomington, IN
1.69
7,020
Boise City, ID
0.86
18,810
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
0.63
97,190
Bowling Green, KY
2.24
10,200
Bozeman, MT
0.67
2,740
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
0.82
4,330
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
0.63
14,390
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
0.65
5,840
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA
0.70
1,840
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
1.12
33,740
Burlington, NC
1.78
6,850
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
0.91
6,230
Canton-Massillon, OH
1.66
15,500
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
0.44
7,430
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
1.18
3,010
Carson City, NV
1.00
1,760
Casper, WY
1.07
2,400
Cedar Rapids, IA
1.56
12,350
Chambersburg, PA
1.62
5,320
Champaign-Urbana, IL
1.04
6,190
Charleston, WV
0.59
3,560
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
1.00
22,030
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
1.00
76,290
Charlottesville, VA
0.36
2,330
Chattanooga, TN-GA
1.81
27,650
Cheyenne, WY
0.51
1,370
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
1.14
288,190
Chico, CA
0.61
2,710
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
1.27
78,860
Clarksville, TN-KY
1.71
9,780
Cleveland, OH
1.44
84,830
Cleveland, TN
2.11
5,350
Coeur d'Alene, ID
0.91
3,690
College Station-Bryan, TX
0.60
4,520
Columbia, MO
0.73
4,400
Columbia, SC
1.09
23,750
Columbus, GA-AL
1.10
7,270
Columbus, IN
3.67
10,590
Columbus, OH
0.90
55,390
Corpus Christi, TX
0.75
7,950
Corvallis, OR
0.42
920
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
0.40
2,790
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
0.87
197,850
Dalton, GA
3.85
14,490
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
0.69
3,280
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
1.67
17,090
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
1.32
28,040
Decatur, AL
2.97
9,970
Decatur, IL
2.53
6,500
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
0.75
9,280
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
0.80
18,290
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
1.70
183,640
Dothan, AL
1.43
4,870
Dover, DE
0.93
3,620
Dubuque, IA
1.57
5,250
Duluth, MN-WI
0.81
5,730
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
0.71
13,880
Eagle Pass, TX
0.47
490
Eau Claire, WI
1.48
7,150
El Centro, CA
0.52
1,880
Elizabethtown, KY
2.09
6,070
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
5.78
42,100
Elmira, NY
1.53
2,920
El Paso, TX
0.72
13,530
Enid, OK
1.18
1,570
Erie, PA
1.77
12,020
Eugene-Springfield, OR
1.05
9,390
Evansville, IN
1.60
12,280
Fairbanks-College, AK
0.39
800
Fargo, ND-MN
1.05
8,750
Farmington, NM
0.73
1,910
Fayetteville, NC
0.86
6,460
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
1.40
21,200
Flagstaff, AZ
0.83
3,090
Flint, MI
1.58
11,990
Florence, SC
1.30
6,630
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
1.75
5,520
Fond du Lac, WI
2.66
6,750
Fort Smith, AR-OK
2.36
12,900
Fort Wayne, IN
2.16
27,470
Fresno, CA
0.85
22,750
Gadsden, AL
2.04
3,830
Gainesville, FL
0.45
3,830
Gainesville, GA
3.01
17,510
Gettysburg, PA
2.19
3,990
Glens Falls, NY
1.29
3,680
Goldsboro, NC
1.48
3,440
Grand Forks, ND-MN
1.09
3,180
Grand Island, NE
2.64
5,920
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
2.39
76,220
Grants Pass, OR
1.10
1,930
Great Falls, MT
0.60
1,250
Green Bay, WI
2.12
20,600
Greensboro-High Point, NC
1.69
34,440
Greenville, NC
0.87
4,020
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
1.76
42,810
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
1.27
11,360
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
1.02
6,140
Hammond, LA
0.81
2,190
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
1.04
2,800
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
0.82
15,290
Harrisonburg, VA
1.70
6,280
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
0.96
32,250
Hattiesburg, MS
1.00
3,550
Helena, MT
0.48
1,190
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
3.17
27,830
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
0.37
1,720
Hinesville, GA
1.17
1,340
Homosassa Springs, FL
0.30
590
Hot Springs, AR
0.84
1,810
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
1.36
6,360
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
0.94
173,490
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
1.20
9,510
Huntsville, AL
1.64
24,240
Idaho Falls, ID
0.93
4,270
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
1.10
68,230
Iowa City, IA
0.75
3,910
Ithaca, NY
0.62
1,700
Jackson, MI
2.33
7,450
Jackson, MS
1.27
19,300
Jackson, TN
2.14
10,260
Jacksonville, FL
0.59
25,360
Jacksonville, NC
0.44
1,340
Janesville-Beloit, WI
1.93
7,580
Jefferson City, MO
1.18
5,230
Johnson City, TN
1.25
5,810
Johnstown, PA
0.96
2,640
Jonesboro, AR
1.57
5,310
Joplin, MO-KS
1.92
9,430
Kahului-Wailuku, HI
0.39
1,610
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
1.91
13,010
Kankakee, IL
1.56
3,750
Kansas City, MO-KS
1.00
61,920
Kennewick-Richland, WA
0.82
5,920
Kenosha, WI
1.60
6,740
Killeen-Temple, TX
0.74
6,280
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
1.74
11,590
Kingston, NY
0.72
2,390
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
0.65
9,730
Knoxville, TN
1.39
32,940
Kokomo, IN
3.03
6,110
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
1.35
6,370
Lafayette, LA
1.07
10,700
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
2.71
15,700
Lake Charles, LA
1.45
8,220
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
0.80
2,510
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
0.94
13,920
Lancaster, PA
1.61
22,840
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
1.24
14,970
Laredo, TX
0.30
1,780
Las Cruces, NM
0.69
3,070
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
0.48
30,640
Lawrence, KS
1.18
3,420
Lawton, OK
1.23
2,970
Lebanon, PA
1.87
5,660
Lewiston, ID-WA
1.60
2,530
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
1.39
3,790
Lexington-Fayette, KY
1.52
24,400
Lexington Park, MD
0.27
1,100
Lima, OH
2.10
5,920
Lincoln, NE
1.10
11,300
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
0.92
18,490
Logan, UT-ID
1.98
7,490
Longview, TX
1.53
10,230
Longview-Kelso, WA
1.93
4,480
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
0.84
296,240
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
1.64
63,820
Lubbock, TX
0.53
4,960
Lynchburg, VA
1.47
8,110
Macon-Bibb County, GA
0.89
4,820
Madison, WI
1.11
25,540
Manchester-Nashua, NH
0.99
11,410
Manhattan, KS
0.90
2,700
Mankato, MN
1.47
4,610
Mansfield, OH
2.17
6,050
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
0.40
6,670
Medford, OR
0.95
4,790
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
0.99
34,890
Merced, CA
1.35
6,020
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
0.53
84,390
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
2.40
5,610
Midland, MI
1.10
2,350
Midland, TX
0.93
6,290
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
1.59
74,110
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
1.16
126,920
Minot, ND
0.46
880
Missoula, MT
0.55
2,090
Mobile, AL
1.27
12,210
Modesto, CA
1.15
12,710
Monroe, LA
0.92
4,530
Monroe, MI
2.18
5,040
Montgomery, AL
1.73
16,050
Morgantown, WV
0.42
1,610
Morristown, TN
3.22
8,770
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
1.30
3,810
Muncie, IN
1.26
3,180
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
2.47
8,770
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
0.48
3,940
Napa, CA
1.15
5,110
Naples-Marco Island, FL
0.55
5,320
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
1.09
67,740
New Haven, CT
0.77
12,460
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
0.74
18,510
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
0.47
248,610
Niles, MI
1.90
6,430
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
0.72
13,710
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
0.89
6,260
Ocala, FL
0.83
5,560
Odessa, TX
1.12
5,030
Ogden, UT
1.34
20,580
Oklahoma City, OK
0.72
27,170
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
0.46
3,330
Omaha, NE-IA
0.94
26,190
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
0.48
38,340
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
2.52
13,410
Owensboro, KY
1.74
4,780
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
0.96
17,380
Paducah, KY-IL
1.00
2,880
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
0.79
10,820
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
0.62
3,070
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
1.11
2,350
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
0.52
5,540
Peoria, IL
1.58
14,810
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
0.68
110,010
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
0.73
97,610
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
0.59
1,330
Pittsburgh, PA
0.93
58,400
Pittsfield, MA
0.79
2,560
Pocatello, ID
0.78
1,650
Portland-South Portland, ME
0.95
15,250
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
1.04
71,260
Port St. Lucie, FL
0.71
6,720
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
0.74
2,990
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
1.11
44,640
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
1.08
18,330
Punta Gorda, FL
0.36
1,130
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI
2.36
10,230
Raleigh-Cary, NC
0.55
22,730
Rapid City, SD
0.59
2,410
Reading, PA
1.98
19,280
Redding, CA
0.57
2,260
Reno, NV
1.31
20,270
Richmond, VA
0.65
24,070
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
0.79
76,210
Roanoke, VA
1.37
11,790
Rochester, MN
0.79
5,480
Rochester, NY
1.09
30,280
Rockford, IL
2.22
17,520
Rocky Mount, NC
2.04
6,300
Rome, GA
1.89
4,730
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
0.52
31,310
Saginaw, MI
1.54
6,970
St. Cloud, MN
1.82
10,670
St. George, UT
0.84
4,110
St. Joseph, MO-KS
2.32
7,090
St. Louis, MO-IL
1.05
79,980
Salem, OR
0.73
7,700
Salinas, CA
0.64
6,700
Salisbury, MD
0.63
1,920
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
0.94
43,540
San Angelo, TX
0.95
2,710
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
0.73
45,860
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
0.75
64,880
Sandusky, OH
1.63
4,550
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
0.60
81,980
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
0.70
45,080
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
0.72
4,960
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
0.76
4,250
Santa Fe, NM
0.40
1,400
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
0.67
7,630
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
0.91
10,590
Savannah, GA
1.15
12,680
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
1.44
20,710
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
0.72
84,750
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL
0.49
1,580
Sebring, FL
0.44
690
Sheboygan, WI
3.92
13,500
Sherman-Denison, TX
1.55
4,560
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
0.74
6,750
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
0.46
890
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
2.43
10,370
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
1.14
11,300
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
0.47
2,690
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
1.48
10,980
Spartanburg, SC
2.98
27,670
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
0.89
12,820
Springfield, IL
0.56
3,280
Springfield, MA
1.08
12,140
Springfield, MO
1.10
13,820
Springfield, OH
2.02
5,410
State College, PA
0.73
2,860
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
2.08
5,960
Stockton-Lodi, CA
0.97
15,830
Sumter, SC
2.17
4,340
Syracuse, NY
0.92
15,420
Tallahassee, FL
0.31
3,270
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
0.65
53,160
Terre Haute, IN
1.90
6,940
Texarkana, TX-AR
1.48
4,820
Toledo, OH
1.84
30,480
Topeka, KS
1.09
6,930
Traverse City, MI
1.04
3,950
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
0.44
5,940
Tucson, AZ
0.54
11,720
Tulsa, OK
1.43
36,760
Tuscaloosa, AL
2.65
16,300
Twin Falls, ID
1.78
5,010
Tyler, TX
1.15
7,330
Urban Honolulu, HI
0.39
9,870
Utica-Rome, NY
1.14
7,600
Valdosta, GA
1.27
3,910
Vallejo, CA
0.94
7,580
Victoria, TX
0.85
1,840
Vineland, NJ
1.43
4,980
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
0.73
31,050
Visalia, CA
0.94
9,080
Waco, TX
1.28
9,400
Walla Walla, WA
1.69
2,460
Warner Robins, GA
1.41
6,040
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
0.25
44,440
Waterbury-Shelton, CT
1.28
11,520
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
1.91
9,240
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
0.61
1,360
Wausau, WI
2.91
11,570
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
1.37
2,860
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
0.84
2,460
Wheeling, WV-OH
0.77
2,590
Wichita, KS
1.96
34,180
Wichita Falls, TX
1.18
3,790
Wildwood-The Villages, FL
0.46
1,050
Williamsport, PA
1.80
5,090
Wilmington, NC
0.62
6,580
Winchester, VA-WV
1.20
4,630
Winston-Salem, NC
1.48
22,950
Worcester, MA
1.09
21,730
Yakima, WA
1.21
6,750
York-Hanover, PA
1.71
17,770
Youngstown-Warren, OH
1.52
13,850
Yuba City, CA
0.56
1,610
Yuma, AZ
0.70
2,720
Location quotients, the ratio of an occupation’s share of area employment to its share of national employment, allow analysis of employment concentrations by metropolitan area. Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana, had the highest employment concentration of production occupations in May 2024. Production occupations made up 32.8 percent of employment in Elkhart-Goshen, nearly 6 times the national average of 5.7 percent, for a location quotient of 5.78. Metropolitan areas with the highest concentrations of production occupations also included Sheboygan, Wisconsin (location quotient of 3.92); Dalton, Georgia (3.85); and Columbus, Indiana (3.67).
Production occupations had an annual mean wage of $50,090 in May 2024, below the U.S. average of $67,920. The highest paying production occupations were nuclear power reactor operators ($122,830), power distributors and dispatchers ($109,620), and power plant operators ($95,990). The lowest paying production occupations were mostly related to textiles and apparel and included pressers, textile, garment, and related materials ($33,370); laundry and dry-cleaning workers ($33,990); and hand sewers ($34,810).
Annual mean wages and employment for production occupations, by metropolitan area, May 2024
Area
Annual mean wage (in dollars)
Employment
Abilene, TX
41,900
2,830
Akron, OH
47,500
24,390
Albany, GA
46,510
3,310
Albany, OR
53,570
4,730
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
56,880
16,280
Albuquerque, NM
49,110
13,890
Alexandria, LA
55,830
2,670
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
51,100
25,970
Altoona, PA
43,650
4,690
Amarillo, TX
44,870
10,180
Ames, IA
51,240
4,000
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
53,920
2,160
Anchorage, AK
58,910
3,480
Ann Arbor, MI
49,640
9,150
Anniston-Oxford, AL
44,900
6,060
Appleton, WI
51,970
15,690
Asheville, NC
47,500
12,280
Athens-Clarke County, GA
42,720
5,670
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
47,010
134,210
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
49,640
3,340
Auburn-Opelika, AL
41,400
6,560
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
51,900
18,600
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
47,190
43,060
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
55,220
11,360
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
53,620
31,640
Bangor, ME
47,960
2,370
Barnstable Town, MA
56,130
1,830
Baton Rouge, LA
69,690
23,230
Battle Creek, MI
49,860
7,510
Bay City, MI
51,760
2,810
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
63,750
13,510
Beckley, WV
46,830
1,220
Bellingham, WA
57,050
6,350
Bend, OR
50,980
6,020
Billings, MT
60,010
3,530
Binghamton, NY
48,580
5,150
Birmingham, AL
46,760
34,250
Bismarck, ND
57,840
2,760
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
49,850
7,440
Bloomington, IL
54,430
7,790
Bloomington, IN
47,840
7,020
Boise City, ID
54,320
18,810
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
55,030
97,190
Bowling Green, KY
51,100
10,200
Bozeman, MT
50,980
2,740
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
68,420
4,330
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
58,520
14,390
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
37,240
5,840
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA
47,720
1,840
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
51,700
33,740
Burlington, NC
43,040
6,850
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
52,870
6,230
Canton-Massillon, OH
46,230
15,500
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
46,250
7,430
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
52,460
3,010
Carson City, NV
50,510
1,760
Casper, WY
59,660
2,400
Cedar Rapids, IA
51,870
12,350
Chambersburg, PA
49,470
5,320
Champaign-Urbana, IL
47,560
6,190
Charleston, WV
49,270
3,560
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
52,090
22,030
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
48,840
76,290
Charlottesville, VA
48,700
2,330
Chattanooga, TN-GA
46,030
27,650
Cheyenne, WY
54,560
1,370
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
50,710
288,190
Chico, CA
52,400
2,710
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
49,560
78,860
Clarksville, TN-KY
48,120
9,780
Cleveland, OH
49,400
84,830
Cleveland, TN
43,680
5,350
Coeur d'Alene, ID
47,730
3,690
College Station-Bryan, TX
42,750
4,520
Columbia, MO
46,910
4,400
Columbia, SC
47,870
23,750
Columbus, GA-AL
42,440
7,270
Columbus, IN
48,370
10,590
Columbus, OH
48,890
55,390
Corpus Christi, TX
59,140
7,950
Corvallis, OR
49,700
920
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
48,720
2,790
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
48,010
197,850
Dalton, GA
40,480
14,490
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
44,820
3,280
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
50,090
17,090
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
47,700
28,040
Decatur, AL
52,430
9,970
Decatur, IL
56,880
6,500
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
44,240
9,280
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
49,360
18,290
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
53,030
183,640
Dothan, AL
42,990
4,870
Dover, DE
43,780
3,620
Dubuque, IA
50,240
5,250
Duluth, MN-WI
54,910
5,730
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
50,710
13,880
Eagle Pass, TX
32,200
490
Eau Claire, WI
49,720
7,150
El Centro, CA
52,950
1,880
Elizabethtown, KY
48,390
6,070
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
49,830
42,100
Elmira, NY
50,430
2,920
El Paso, TX
37,900
13,530
Enid, OK
46,070
1,570
Erie, PA
46,820
12,020
Eugene-Springfield, OR
48,860
9,390
Evansville, IN
49,650
12,280
Fairbanks-College, AK
64,670
800
Fargo, ND-MN
51,300
8,750
Farmington, NM
53,580
1,910
Fayetteville, NC
51,300
6,460
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
44,200
21,200
Flagstaff, AZ
53,310
3,090
Flint, MI
52,380
11,990
Florence, SC
46,890
6,630
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
45,550
5,520
Fond du Lac, WI
53,550
6,750
Fort Smith, AR-OK
42,790
12,900
Fort Wayne, IN
50,380
27,470
Fresno, CA
47,550
22,750
Gadsden, AL
36,680
3,830
Gainesville, FL
44,350
3,830
Gainesville, GA
44,080
17,510
Gettysburg, PA
46,910
3,990
Glens Falls, NY
51,170
3,680
Goldsboro, NC
41,260
3,440
Grand Forks, ND-MN
52,480
3,180
Grand Island, NE
53,470
5,920
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
47,260
76,220
Grants Pass, OR
47,000
1,930
Great Falls, MT
54,220
1,250
Green Bay, WI
50,750
20,600
Greensboro-High Point, NC
45,190
34,440
Greenville, NC
47,990
4,020
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
47,420
42,810
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
55,950
11,360
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
50,540
6,140
Hammond, LA
41,210
2,190
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
56,130
2,800
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
49,250
15,290
Harrisonburg, VA
46,420
6,280
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
57,580
32,250
Hattiesburg, MS
43,470
3,550
Helena, MT
50,110
1,190
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
46,080
27,830
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
45,480
1,720
Hinesville, GA
52,790
1,340
Homosassa Springs, FL
45,900
590
Hot Springs, AR
41,780
1,810
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
50,820
6,360
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
52,050
173,490
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
53,190
9,510
Huntsville, AL
48,680
24,240
Idaho Falls, ID
53,700
4,270
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
49,260
68,230
Iowa City, IA
47,880
3,910
Ithaca, NY
54,860
1,700
Jackson, MI
49,120
7,450
Jackson, MS
45,850
19,300
Jackson, TN
45,600
10,260
Jacksonville, FL
47,050
25,360
Jacksonville, NC
42,840
1,340
Janesville-Beloit, WI
49,910
7,580
Jefferson City, MO
48,260
5,230
Johnson City, TN
43,890
5,810
Johnstown, PA
47,580
2,640
Jonesboro, AR
45,680
5,310
Joplin, MO-KS
47,620
9,430
Kahului-Wailuku, HI
57,060
1,610
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
46,970
13,010
Kankakee, IL
48,480
3,750
Kansas City, MO-KS
52,660
61,920
Kennewick-Richland, WA
55,230
5,920
Kenosha, WI
49,510
6,740
Killeen-Temple, TX
43,570
6,280
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
49,380
11,590
Kingston, NY
50,760
2,390
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
50,710
9,730
Knoxville, TN
46,330
32,940
Kokomo, IN
66,770
6,110
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
49,670
6,370
Lafayette, LA
47,150
10,700
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
51,410
15,700
Lake Charles, LA
69,550
8,220
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
47,330
2,510
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
46,370
13,920
Lancaster, PA
49,050
22,840
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
52,020
14,970
Laredo, TX
36,640
1,780
Las Cruces, NM
40,380
3,070
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
46,650
30,640
Lawrence, KS
48,260
3,420
Lawton, OK
55,180
2,970
Lebanon, PA
45,290
5,660
Lewiston, ID-WA
56,670
2,530
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
48,670
3,790
Lexington-Fayette, KY
54,940
24,400
Lexington Park, MD
67,750
1,100
Lima, OH
54,800
5,920
Lincoln, NE
49,960
11,300
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
45,370
18,490
Logan, UT-ID
46,780
7,490
Longview, TX
48,900
10,230
Longview-Kelso, WA
60,060
4,480
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
51,460
296,240
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
49,710
63,820
Lubbock, TX
42,430
4,960
Lynchburg, VA
53,300
8,110
Macon-Bibb County, GA
46,960
4,820
Madison, WI
51,310
25,540
Manchester-Nashua, NH
51,570
11,410
Manhattan, KS
46,730
2,700
Mankato, MN
50,360
4,610
Mansfield, OH
44,670
6,050
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
36,880
6,670
Medford, OR
49,560
4,790
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
46,860
34,890
Merced, CA
48,610
6,020
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
45,330
84,390
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
46,030
5,610
Midland, MI
53,860
2,350
Midland, TX
58,000
6,290
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
51,610
74,110
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
53,960
126,920
Minot, ND
51,680
880
Missoula, MT
47,560
2,090
Mobile, AL
54,640
12,210
Modesto, CA
54,710
12,710
Monroe, LA
48,100
4,530
Monroe, MI
51,650
5,040
Montgomery, AL
46,390
16,050
Morgantown, WV
47,430
1,610
Morristown, TN
42,280
8,770
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
60,340
3,810
Muncie, IN
45,740
3,180
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
47,130
8,770
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
40,020
3,940
Napa, CA
61,780
5,110
Naples-Marco Island, FL
47,200
5,320
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
49,410
67,740
New Haven, CT
51,810
12,460
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
61,680
18,510
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
53,180
248,610
Niles, MI
49,580
6,430
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
46,870
13,710
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
65,490
6,260
Ocala, FL
43,210
5,560
Odessa, TX
55,530
5,030
Ogden, UT
51,010
20,580
Oklahoma City, OK
46,280
27,170
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
52,030
3,330
Omaha, NE-IA
48,390
26,190
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
44,900
38,340
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
54,130
13,410
Owensboro, KY
49,630
4,780
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
50,160
17,380
Paducah, KY-IL
53,260
2,880
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
48,710
10,820
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
45,070
3,070
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
51,210
2,350
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
46,260
5,540
Peoria, IL
52,520
14,810
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
52,910
110,010
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
52,450
97,610
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
39,650
1,330
Pittsburgh, PA
51,300
58,400
Pittsfield, MA
53,350
2,560
Pocatello, ID
46,620
1,650
Portland-South Portland, ME
54,800
15,250
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
55,970
71,260
Port St. Lucie, FL
46,770
6,720
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
50,290
2,990
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
51,000
44,640
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
45,470
18,330
Punta Gorda, FL
46,110
1,130
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI
49,770
10,230
Raleigh-Cary, NC
47,250
22,730
Rapid City, SD
45,870
2,410
Reading, PA
51,410
19,280
Redding, CA
54,840
2,260
Reno, NV
52,350
20,270
Richmond, VA
50,690
24,070
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
49,840
76,210
Roanoke, VA
46,910
11,790
Rochester, MN
53,560
5,480
Rochester, NY
49,860
30,280
Rockford, IL
48,730
17,520
Rocky Mount, NC
45,130
6,300
Rome, GA
44,930
4,730
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
54,500
31,310
Saginaw, MI
48,080
6,970
St. Cloud, MN
49,120
10,670
St. George, UT
43,730
4,110
St. Joseph, MO-KS
51,480
7,090
St. Louis, MO-IL
53,090
79,980
Salem, OR
47,320
7,700
Salinas, CA
49,780
6,700
Salisbury, MD
45,850
1,920
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
49,190
43,540
San Angelo, TX
45,490
2,710
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
46,370
45,860
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
54,340
64,880
Sandusky, OH
52,070
4,550
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
61,170
81,980
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
61,050
45,080
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
58,750
4,960
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
53,190
4,250
Santa Fe, NM
49,370
1,400
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
54,000
7,630
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
55,090
10,590
Savannah, GA
55,110
12,680
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
49,090
20,710
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
62,730
84,750
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL
48,760
1,580
Sebring, FL
42,170
690
Sheboygan, WI
52,340
13,500
Sherman-Denison, TX
41,610
4,560
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
51,540
6,750
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
48,210
890
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
48,300
10,370
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
46,580
11,300
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
46,630
2,690
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
46,420
10,980
Spartanburg, SC
52,360
27,670
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
54,640
12,820
Springfield, IL
48,840
3,280
Springfield, MA
52,530
12,140
Springfield, MO
46,140
13,820
Springfield, OH
46,800
5,410
State College, PA
47,260
2,860
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
48,520
5,960
Stockton-Lodi, CA
50,480
15,830
Sumter, SC
46,070
4,340
Syracuse, NY
54,620
15,420
Tallahassee, FL
43,690
3,270
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
45,610
53,160
Terre Haute, IN
47,720
6,940
Texarkana, TX-AR
51,670
4,820
Toledo, OH
51,470
30,480
Topeka, KS
51,430
6,930
Traverse City, MI
46,560
3,950
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
52,610
5,940
Tucson, AZ
49,400
11,720
Tulsa, OK
50,300
36,760
Tuscaloosa, AL
51,210
16,300
Twin Falls, ID
47,190
5,010
Tyler, TX
43,340
7,330
Urban Honolulu, HI
55,610
9,870
Utica-Rome, NY
48,500
7,600
Valdosta, GA
41,200
3,910
Vallejo, CA
59,510
7,580
Victoria, TX
48,200
1,840
Vineland, NJ
48,820
4,980
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
52,500
31,050
Visalia, CA
48,700
9,080
Waco, TX
44,300
9,400
Walla Walla, WA
49,290
2,460
Warner Robins, GA
45,250
6,040
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
56,080
44,440
Waterbury-Shelton, CT
53,070
11,520
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
50,310
9,240
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
49,930
1,360
Wausau, WI
50,620
11,570
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
55,780
2,860
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
51,570
2,460
Wheeling, WV-OH
50,640
2,590
Wichita, KS
57,520
34,180
Wichita Falls, TX
45,520
3,790
Wildwood-The Villages, FL
48,030
1,050
Williamsport, PA
47,080
5,090
Wilmington, NC
52,710
6,580
Winchester, VA-WV
45,970
4,630
Winston-Salem, NC
46,110
22,950
Worcester, MA
52,170
21,730
Yakima, WA
49,350
6,750
York-Hanover, PA
49,700
17,770
Youngstown-Warren, OH
45,260
13,850
Yuba City, CA
52,340
1,610
Yuma, AZ
46,440
2,720
Baton Rouge, Louisiana ($69,690); Lake Charles, Louisiana ($69,550); and Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, Washington ($68,420) were among the metropolitan areas with the highest wages for production occupations. The lowest paying areas for this occupational group included Eagle Pass, Texas ($32,200); Laredo, Texas ($36,640); and Gadsden, Alabama ($36,680).
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