High paying production jobs in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD run 4.5% above the national average (2024), so a Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD salary is worth about 0.96× 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, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$77,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,600 – $122,0902,990
2Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$61,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,300 – $95,2801,290
3Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$60,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,050 – $95,1302,140
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$60,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,910 – $100,260910
5Machinists$60,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,380 – $82,490750
6Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$58,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $72,680450
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$55,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,290 – $108,320490
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$52,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $77,340690
9Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$50,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,360 – $73,190660
10Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,090 – $70,770430
11Printing Press Operators$48,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,690 – $64,160590
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$46,670
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $58,110710
13Production Workers, All Other$45,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,610 – $66,7501,090
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $60,9003,170
15Food Batchmakers$43,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $61,960930
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$42,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,310 – $69,6202,260
17Helpers--Production Workers$41,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $57,260460
18Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$36,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,530 – $39,190520
19Bakers$36,590
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $49,0301,170
20Sewing Machine Operators$35,860
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $52,000630
21Food Processing Workers, All Other$34,860
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $42,110560
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,740
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $39,2601,610

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

#	Occupation	MedianBaltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,970	$46,600 – $122,090	2,990
2	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,920	$43,300 – $95,280	1,290
3	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,750	$38,050 – $95,130	2,140
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,640	$47,910 – $100,260	910
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,280	$43,380 – $82,490	750
6	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,760	$38,480 – $72,680	450
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,540	$36,290 – $108,320	490
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,040	$36,510 – $77,340	690
9	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,970	$39,360 – $73,190	660
10	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,610	$40,090 – $70,770	430
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,260	$35,690 – $64,160	590
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$46,670	$31,200 – $58,110	710
13	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,470	$33,610 – $66,750	1,090
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,970	$35,360 – $60,900	3,170
15	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,160	$31,200 – $61,960	930
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,320	$36,310 – $69,620	2,260
17	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,160	$31,200 – $57,260	460
18	Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,740	$33,530 – $39,190	520
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,590	$31,200 – $49,030	1,170
20	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$35,860	$31,200 – $52,000	630
21	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$34,860	$31,200 – $42,110	560
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,740	$31,200 – $39,260	1,610

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD. 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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