If you want to grow your skills and knowledge in a building material trade that offers long-term career growth opportunities, you may consider the role of a production assembler. Generally, a production assembler or a fabricator piece together the different parts of manufactured products such as cars, toys, metal products, electrical and electronic equipment, or joinery products. They assemble finished products and may also perform quality checks for mistakes or faulty components in the assembly process.
Becoming a production assembler, you may work in all types of manufacturing plants, such as computer and electronic product manufacturing, machinery manufacturing, fabricated metal or appliance manufacturing. Since most of your work involves hand tools or machines, you must possess dexterity and good hand-eye coordination. Working as a production assembler, typically, you may work in shifts, which means you may earn extra cash if you do some temporary work.
Another good thing about being a production assembler is that there are no set education requirements to do this role. You may be able to get this position with a high school diploma or GED. Earning higher education and experience working in a factory or a warehouse may help get you better job opportunities. Working in the assembly line, you may make an average annual wage of $27,000 along with other benefits of paid holidays, vacations, health insurance, and pension plans. Moreover, a role as a production assembler may be a great stepping stone to other work areas of retail, supervisor, or farming.
1. Maine
Total Production Assembler Jobs:
173
Highest 10% Earn:
$38,000
Location Quotient:
1.34
Location Quotient is a measure used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to determine how concentrated a certain industry is in a single state compared to the nation as a whole. You can read more about how BLS calculates location quotients here
$34,002
Avg. Salary
