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Average Production Workers, All Other Salary in Merced, CA

Production Workers, All Other in Merced, CA earn a median annual salary of $63,550, which is +58.4% compared to the national median. There are 160 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Merced, CA (metro area).

$63,550
Merced, CA median annual wage
$31/hour median
+58.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $40,110
160
Local employment
2.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.26
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$35,140
25th
$40,970
Median
$63,550
75th
$64,290
90th
$68,840

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Merced, CA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
98.3%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$64,665
Goods: 105.2%
Services: 158.3%
Rents: 78.6%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Lewiston, ID-WA $93,420 Compare 40
Ames, IA $70,690 Compare 70
Hanford-Corcoran, CA $69,970 Compare 160
Peoria, IL $63,780 Compare 740
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA $63,070 Compare 420
Lynchburg, VA $60,080 Compare 320

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Merced, CA

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $273,110 0.52
Family Medicine Physicians $270,880 0.74
Chief Executives $181,660 0.92
Dentists, General $170,200 0.64
Computer And Information Systems Managers $167,150 0.25
Education Administrators, Postsecondary $165,620 0.59
Physician Assistants $164,080 0.64
Nurse Practitioners $158,750 0.59

Merced, CA has salary data for 273 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Production Workers, All Other in Merced, CA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Production Workers, All Other are projected to change by +0.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 31,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.