High paying production jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA run 0.1% above the national average (2024), so a Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$71,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,020 – $104,09011,730
2Machinists$56,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,690 – $80,1402,500
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$52,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,580 – $78,5501,460
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,100 – $69,3005,240
5Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$49,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $69,7402,030
6Food Batchmakers$48,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,940 – $58,9402,530
7Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,920 – $67,9701,680
8Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $57,8601,690
9Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,290 – $60,8501,470
10Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,760 – $71,7702,350
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,340 – $69,9409,260
12Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,060 – $63,0102,840
13Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,370 – $63,4401,040
14Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$45,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,290 – $58,5101,950
15Printing Press Operators$44,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,620 – $61,9102,650
16Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$44,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,780 – $57,660980
17Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$43,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $45,9801,110
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$42,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,120 – $59,7304,720
19Production Workers, All Other$40,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,220 – $60,09010,720
20Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$40,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $60,8802,970
21Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$39,300
No formal educational credential
$29,710 – $51,7602,560
22Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $50,47022,970
23Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,910
No formal educational credential
$31,140 – $47,8602,570
24Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,340 – $56,6701,330
25Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$37,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $53,2101,010
26Bakers$37,140
No formal educational credential
$24,270 – $47,5704,760
27Helpers--Production Workers$37,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,360 – $51,2301,920
28Sewing Machine Operators$36,720
No formal educational credential
$29,390 – $45,3101,360
29Food Processing Workers, All Other$36,660
No formal educational credential
$28,800 – $52,9001,920
30Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$32,170
No formal educational credential
$21,390 – $38,1602,900

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

#	Occupation	MedianAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,310	$47,020 – $104,090	11,730
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,270	$37,690 – $80,140	2,500
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,160	$39,580 – $78,550	1,460
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,630	$39,100 – $69,300	5,240
5	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,240	$36,000 – $69,740	2,030
6	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,780	$33,940 – $58,940	2,530
7	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,570	$39,920 – $67,970	1,680
8	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,150	$31,200 – $57,860	1,690
9	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,180	$36,290 – $60,850	1,470
10	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,930	$34,760 – $71,770	2,350
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,870	$34,340 – $69,940	9,260
12	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,310	$38,060 – $63,010	2,840
13	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,190	$37,370 – $63,440	1,040
14	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,120	$35,290 – $58,510	1,950
15	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,610	$30,620 – $61,910	2,650
16	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,440	$36,780 – $57,660	980
17	Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,870	$36,230 – $45,980	1,110
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,320	$28,120 – $59,730	4,720
19	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,970	$30,220 – $60,090	10,720
20	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,620	$34,840 – $60,880	2,970
21	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$39,300	$29,710 – $51,760	2,560
22	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,960	$33,280 – $50,470	22,970
23	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,910	$31,140 – $47,860	2,570
24	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$34,340 – $56,670	1,330
25	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,370	$33,280 – $53,210	1,010
26	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,140	$24,270 – $47,570	4,760
27	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,000	$29,360 – $51,230	1,920
28	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$36,720	$29,390 – $45,310	1,360
29	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$36,660	$28,800 – $52,900	1,920
30	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,170	$21,390 – $38,160	2,900

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, 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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