High paying production jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$113,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,320 – $113,54090
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,280 – $123,0301,690
3Machinists$67,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,070 – $100,820370
4Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$58,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $66,300110
5Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$57,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,270 – $84,900280
6Dental Laboratory Technicians$53,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $77,97080
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $71,010680
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,150 – $88,1201,060
9Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$49,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,970 – $74,950180
10Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$49,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,080 – $62,170170
11Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$49,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,420 – $56,220110
12Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$46,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,150 – $57,800380
13Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,650 – $58,020420
14Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,270 – $59,55080
15Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,300 – $47,630310
16Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $61,550250
17Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,130 – $63,850190
18Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$42,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,770 – $53,67080
19Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers$42,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,740 – $59,740500
20Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$41,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $57,960100
21Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,270 – $49,850110
22Production Workers, All Other$40,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,500 – $59,310630
23Food Processing Workers, All Other$38,480
No formal educational credential
$37,700 – $42,490240
24Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,310 – $47,5802,330
25Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,130
No formal educational credential
$26,630 – $49,170210
26Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$36,910
No formal educational credential
$35,730 – $43,790210
27Food Batchmakers$35,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $70,820100
28Helpers--Production Workers$34,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$20,800 – $47,890270
29Sewing Machine Operators$32,120
No formal educational credential
$26,630 – $37,690160
30Bakers$30,700
No formal educational credential
$21,960 – $42,840320
31Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$29,180
No formal educational credential
$22,580 – $35,350240

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

#	Occupation	MedianAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$113,540	$64,320 – $113,540	90
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,570	$48,280 – $123,030	1,690
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,140	$44,070 – $100,820	370
4	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,050	$36,510 – $66,300	110
5	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,790	$38,270 – $84,900	280
6	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,930	$37,680 – $77,970	80
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,800	$38,520 – $71,010	680
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,960	$36,150 – $88,120	1,060
9	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,740	$36,970 – $74,950	180
10	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,720	$42,080 – $62,170	170
11	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,720	$29,420 – $56,220	110
12	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,550	$30,150 – $57,800	380
13	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,210	$36,650 – $58,020	420
14	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,430	$38,270 – $59,550	80
15	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,270	$42,300 – $47,630	310
16	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,920	$32,220 – $61,550	250
17	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,660	$35,130 – $63,850	190
18	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,910	$23,770 – $53,670	80
19	Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass FibersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,380	$36,740 – $59,740	500
20	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,640	$31,200 – $57,960	100
21	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,610	$30,270 – $49,850	110
22	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,130	$27,500 – $59,310	630
23	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$38,480	$37,700 – $42,490	240
24	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,350	$30,310 – $47,580	2,330
25	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,130	$26,630 – $49,170	210
26	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$36,910	$35,730 – $43,790	210
27	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,280	$33,280 – $70,820	100
28	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,900	$20,800 – $47,890	270
29	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$32,120	$26,630 – $37,690	160
30	BakersNo formal educational credential	$30,700	$21,960 – $42,840	320
31	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,180	$22,580 – $35,350	240

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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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