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Production Occupations
Across the 81 of this group's 105 occupations with published Colorado employment, 93,090 Coloradans work in production occupations (24 more occupations have no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 10.0 of 100, and 0.0% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers; Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators; Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers — the largest of this group's 105 occupations in Colorado.
Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.
- Published CO employment
- 93,090 across 81 of 105 occupations · OEWS 2025
- Employment-weighted mean score
- 10.0 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
- High + substantial share
- 0.0% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
- CO median wages
- $33,970–$102,780 range across the 86 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025
Plate I
Tier mix within the group
How this group's 105 occupations — and its 93,090 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).
| Tier | Occupations | Published CO jobs | Share of published jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| high overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| substantial overlap | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| some overlap | 1 | 410 | 0.4% |
| little overlap | 104 | 92,680 | 99.6% |
Plate II
The ten largest occupations in this group
| Occupation | Tier | Score | CO jobs | CO median wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | little overlap | 22.5 | 9,580 | $78,890 |
| Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators | little overlap | 9.8 | 9,180 | $46,150 |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | little overlap | 17.7 | 5,220 | $58,350 |
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | little overlap | 3.9 | 4,970 | $58,590 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | little overlap | 7.5 | 4,760 | $46,010 |
| Bakers | little overlap | 11.8 | 4,680 | $40,650 |
| Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers | little overlap | 9.8 | 4,300 | $47,660 |
| Food Batchmakers | little overlap | 15.4 | 3,880 | $44,900 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | little overlap | 5.0 | 3,370 | $37,680 |
| Machinists | little overlap | 13.3 | 2,800 | $60,200 |
Plate III
Where this work concentrates
The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.
| County | Est. share of county jobs | Est. group jobs | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan | 15.2% | 2,007 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Weld | 7.8% | 9,656 | Full |
| Otero | 5.8% | 347 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Boulder | 5.1% | 9,724 | Full |
| Pueblo | 5.1% | 3,111 | Partially imputed estimate |
| Prowers | 4.9% | 232 | Partially imputed estimate |