High paying production jobs in Binghamton, NY with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Binghamton, NY 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 Binghamton, NY run 7.1% below the national average (2024), so a Binghamton, NY salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Binghamton, NY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$74,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,220 – $109,850330
2Tool and Die Makers$66,880
Postsecondary nondegree award
$54,450 – $84,87040
3Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$62,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,370 – $86,61070
4Food Batchmakers$60,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $60,67080
5Machinists$55,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,620 – $74,180170
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$55,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,870 – $66,75080
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$51,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,600 – $73,140170
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,570 – $69,750110
9Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,440 – $57,80060
10Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,110 – $62,27080
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $65,920420
12Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,500 – $57,89050
13Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $55,590790
14Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,000 – $66,10070
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,080 – $59,66070
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$43,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,640 – $63,380180
17Butchers and Meat Cutters$42,950
No formal educational credential
$33,770 – $57,52080
18Sewing Machine Operators$41,330
No formal educational credential
$36,130 – $46,340160
19Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$41,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,500 – $48,040540
20Helpers--Production Workers$39,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,450 – $46,10060
21Printing Press Operators$38,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $51,870100
22Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $57,720100
23Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$37,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $53,24040
24Bakers$36,570
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $47,720110
25Production Workers, All Other$35,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $52,54030
26Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,090
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $46,410130
27Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$34,470
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $49,92040

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

#	Occupation	MedianBinghamton, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,540	$48,220 – $109,850	330
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,880	$54,450 – $84,870	40
3	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,420	$62,370 – $86,610	70
4	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,670	$32,240 – $60,670	80
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,580	$38,620 – $74,180	170
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,380	$48,870 – $66,750	80
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,330	$38,600 – $73,140	170
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,560	$39,570 – $69,750	110
9	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,050	$43,440 – $57,800	60
10	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,700	$40,110 – $62,270	80
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,160	$36,910 – $65,920	420
12	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,720	$35,500 – $57,890	50
13	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$36,210 – $55,590	790
14	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,560	$36,000 – $66,100	70
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,440	$34,080 – $59,660	70
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,850	$32,640 – $63,380	180
17	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$42,950	$33,770 – $57,520	80
18	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$41,330	$36,130 – $46,340	160
19	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,310	$33,500 – $48,040	540
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,770	$38,450 – $46,100	60
21	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,980	$32,240 – $51,870	100
22	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,410	$32,240 – $57,720	100
23	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,190	$35,880 – $53,240	40
24	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,570	$32,240 – $47,720	110
25	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,620	$32,240 – $52,540	30
26	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,090	$32,240 – $46,410	130
27	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$34,470	$32,240 – $49,920	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Binghamton, NY. 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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