High paying production jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 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-Schenectady-Troy, NY run 0.4% below the national average (2024), so a Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY salary is worth about 1.00× 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-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$103,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,910 – $142,310150
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$87,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,330 – $125,4501,410
3Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$66,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,680 – $92,960320
4Machinists$63,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,630 – $93,580580
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$63,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,340 – $81,520360
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$62,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,340 – $94,8101,410
7Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$61,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,990 – $100,010280
8Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$61,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,990 – $79,870300
9Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$60,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,250 – $84,440320
10Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,730 – $77,580550
11Engine and Other Machine Assemblers$58,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,460 – $102,580230
12Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$52,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,190 – $70,770160
13Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$51,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,610 – $64,570160
14Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,410 – $73,740210
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $71,770220
16Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,710 – $62,140170
17Printing Press Operators$48,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,780 – $61,420340
18Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $62,860280
19Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$47,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,950 – $62,030680
20Helpers--Production Workers$47,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $65,050220
21Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,450 – $62,590880
22Butchers and Meat Cutters$46,110
No formal educational credential
$35,340 – $59,260260
23Production Workers, All Other$45,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $58,010200
24Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,940 – $60,6701,390
25Food Batchmakers$39,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,830 – $49,470240
26Bakers$38,020
No formal educational credential
$32,640 – $49,320700
27Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,000
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $43,450390

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlbany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,300	$65,910 – $142,310	150
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$87,000	$53,330 – $125,450	1,410
3	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,620	$54,680 – $92,960	320
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,970	$47,630 – $93,580	580
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,120	$46,340 – $81,520	360
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,470	$40,340 – $94,810	1,410
7	Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,990	$61,990 – $100,010	280
8	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,060	$45,990 – $79,870	300
9	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,440	$40,250 – $84,440	320
10	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,390	$45,730 – $77,580	550
11	Engine and Other Machine AssemblersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,550	$46,460 – $102,580	230
12	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,560	$44,190 – $70,770	160
13	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,280	$38,610 – $64,570	160
14	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,150	$45,410 – $73,740	210
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,430	$36,210 – $71,770	220
16	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,020	$39,710 – $62,140	170
17	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,860	$36,780 – $61,420	340
18	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,760	$34,900 – $62,860	280
19	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,950	$32,950 – $62,030	680
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,210	$35,140 – $65,050	220
21	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,520	$41,450 – $62,590	880
22	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$46,110	$35,340 – $59,260	260
23	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,570	$32,240 – $58,010	200
24	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,510	$33,940 – $60,670	1,390
25	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,580	$33,830 – $49,470	240
26	BakersNo formal educational credential	$38,020	$32,640 – $49,320	700
27	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,000	$32,240 – $43,450	390

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. 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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