High paying production jobs in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX run 10.0% below the national average (2024), so a Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX · Employed

1Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$100,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$79,510 – $115,8801,480
2Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$96,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,030 – $111,1001,540
3First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$80,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,270 – $151,9601,290
4Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$63,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,230 – $94,53050
5Machinists$59,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,450 – $103,260520
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,080 – $83,6801,980
7Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$52,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,990 – $64,770170
8Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$52,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,660 – $93,790170
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$51,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $108,0001,030
10Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,930 – $59,580430
11Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$46,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,640 – $61,570230
12Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $63,59070
13Production Workers, All Other$41,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $59,990100
14Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,930 – $59,490110
15Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,620 – $52,720880
16Food Processing Workers, All Other$38,870
No formal educational credential
$36,410 – $44,08050
17Tool and Die Makers$37,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,780 – $61,99060
18Printing Press Operators$36,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,240 – $60,32050
19Helpers--Production Workers$36,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,940 – $48,330490
20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$34,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,330 – $45,160130
21Butchers and Meat Cutters$29,610
No formal educational credential
$22,720 – $49,520170
22Bakers$29,300
No formal educational credential
$22,890 – $39,450130
23Sewing Machine Operators$29,230
No formal educational credential
$21,390 – $46,23050
24Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$26,840
No formal educational credential
$21,470 – $57,330200

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

#	Occupation	MedianBeaumont-Port Arthur, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,660	$79,510 – $115,880	1,480
2	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,790	$40,030 – $111,100	1,540
3	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,860	$43,270 – $151,960	1,290
4	Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,960	$47,230 – $94,530	50
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,800	$44,450 – $103,260	520
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,190	$40,080 – $83,680	1,980
7	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,660	$37,990 – $64,770	170
8	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,510	$38,660 – $93,790	170
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,430	$34,900 – $108,000	1,030
10	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,630	$33,930 – $59,580	430
11	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,550	$36,640 – $61,570	230
12	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$35,360 – $63,590	70
13	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,030	$30,160 – $59,990	100
14	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,720	$26,930 – $59,490	110
15	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,920	$30,620 – $52,720	880
16	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$38,870	$36,410 – $44,080	50
17	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,910	$31,780 – $61,990	60
18	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,930	$28,240 – $60,320	50
19	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,300	$29,940 – $48,330	490
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,730	$29,330 – $45,160	130
21	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$29,610	$22,720 – $49,520	170
22	BakersNo formal educational credential	$29,300	$22,890 – $39,450	130
23	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$29,230	$21,390 – $46,230	50
24	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$26,840	$21,470 – $57,330	200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX. 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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