High paying production jobs in Auburn-Opelika, AL with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Auburn-Opelika, AL 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 Auburn-Opelika, AL run 12.1% below the national average (2024), so a Auburn-Opelika, AL 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, Auburn-Opelika, AL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$68,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,550 – $103,040530
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$54,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,130 – $77,87090
3Machinists$47,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,860 – $61,67080
4Dental Laboratory Technicians$46,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,850 – $57,54050
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$42,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,560 – $59,350270
6Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$42,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,910 – $50,49040
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$37,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,860 – $58,430590
8Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,000 – $48,320340
9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,300 – $46,930160
10Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$37,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,550 – $49,13040
11Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,940
No formal educational credential
$29,120 – $48,310110
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$36,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,190 – $59,960100
13Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$36,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,400 – $43,10050
14Printing Press Operators$34,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,490 – $52,78050
15Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$34,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,490 – $43,4502,000
16Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$33,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,990 – $46,53090
17Helpers--Production Workers$32,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,990 – $44,610190
18Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$30,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,480 – $37,210180
19Bakers$29,770
No formal educational credential
$19,330 – $37,86080
20Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,890
No formal educational credential
$22,780 – $33,24030

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

#	Occupation	MedianAuburn-Opelika, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,890	$43,550 – $103,040	530
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,590	$35,130 – $77,870	90
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,840	$34,860 – $61,670	80
4	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,770	$28,850 – $57,540	50
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,520	$35,560 – $59,350	270
6	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,050	$30,910 – $50,490	40
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,840	$23,860 – $58,430	590
8	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,540	$28,000 – $48,320	340
9	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,160	$24,300 – $46,930	160
10	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,060	$30,550 – $49,130	40
11	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,940	$29,120 – $48,310	110
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,870	$27,190 – $59,960	100
13	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,800	$26,400 – $43,100	50
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,980	$23,490 – $52,780	50
15	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,530	$28,490 – $43,450	2,000
16	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,010	$27,990 – $46,530	90
17	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,220	$25,990 – $44,610	190
18	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,480	$30,480 – $37,210	180
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$29,770	$19,330 – $37,860	80
20	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,890	$22,780 – $33,240	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Auburn-Opelika, AL. 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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