High paying production jobs in Albany, GA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Albany, GA that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Albany, GA run 12.3% below the national average (2024), so a Albany, GA salary is worth about 1.14× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Albany, GA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$68,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,250 – $96,580270
2Machinists$60,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,650 – $82,51060
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$47,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,550 – $68,64040
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,430 – $74,300170
5Food Processing Workers, All Other$44,390
No formal educational credential
$40,670 – $44,390130
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$42,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,840 – $66,600160
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$39,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,060 – $57,49050
8Production Workers, All Other$38,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,370 – $48,850180
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,700
No formal educational credential
$28,660 – $48,85050
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$36,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,320 – $47,78040
11Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$35,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,850 – $47,400330
12Helpers--Production Workers$35,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,760 – $42,63040
13Bakers$32,550
No formal educational credential
$21,100 – $40,64070
14Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,230
No formal educational credential
$22,220 – $34,440120

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAlbany, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,520	$45,250 – $96,580	270
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,840	$40,650 – $82,510	60
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,650	$39,550 – $68,640	40
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,180	$37,430 – $74,300	170
5	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$44,390	$40,670 – $44,390	130
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,410	$27,840 – $66,600	160
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,590	$30,060 – $57,490	50
8	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,270	$29,370 – $48,850	180
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,700	$28,660 – $48,850	50
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,950	$29,320 – $47,780	40
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,850	$29,850 – $47,400	330
12	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,380	$24,760 – $42,630	40
13	BakersNo formal educational credential	$32,550	$21,100 – $40,640	70
14	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,230	$22,220 – $34,440	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Albany, GA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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