Massachusetts · SOC 51-0000 · Annual, 2025
Production occupations in Massachusetts
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 51-0000 in Massachusetts, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 141,900 people in Massachusetts worked in production occupations (SOC 51-0000), with an average annual wage of $64,500.
Employment in production occupations in Massachusetts declined 19.8% from 2004 to 2025. This occupation group is less concentrated in Massachusetts than in the nation as a whole (location quotient 0.70). The average wage in this occupation group is 35.4% below the all-occupations average in Massachusetts. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Massachusetts are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 141,900Employment, 2025
- $64,500Mean annual wage
- 3.9%Share of Massachusetts jobs
- 0.70Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 176,900; 2005 173,100; 2006 171,200; 2007 169,800; 2008 164,900; 2009 149,200; 2010 148,100; 2011 149,000; 2012 148,800; 2013 148,900; 2014 149,600; 2015 149,700; 2016 148,800; 2017 148,200; 2018 151,400; 2019 150,200; 2020 139,700; 2021 142,200; 2022 147,900; 2023 147,600; 2024 144,700; 2025 141,900.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 141,945 | $64,496 | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 144,703 | $62,065 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 147,556 | $58,676 | 0.3% |
| 2022 | 147,948 | $57,559 | 4.0% |
| 2021 | 142,189 | $56,257 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 139,655 | $54,803 | 7.0% |
| 2019 | 150,193 | $50,352 | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 151,373 | $48,699 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 148,245 | $46,996 | 0.4% |
| 2016 | 148,837 | $44,681 | 0.5% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Production occupations in Massachusetts, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for production occupations in Massachusetts. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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