High paying production jobs in Bismarck, ND with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Bismarck, ND 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 Bismarck, ND run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a Bismarck, ND salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Bismarck, ND · Employed

1Machinists$74,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,460 – $105,91070
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$72,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,230 – $136,640210
3Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$63,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $82,55090
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$62,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,870 – $77,180320
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$61,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,290 – $74,05060
6Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$59,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,000 – $78,63040
7Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$55,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,140 – $61,25040
8Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$50,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,220 – $58,540310
9Production Workers, All Other$49,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,410 – $61,93080
10Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,250 – $62,49040
11Printing Press Operators$49,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $60,99050
12Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,090 – $53,50040
13Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$39,760
No formal educational credential
$31,400 – $47,260170
14Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,150
No formal educational credential
$22,840 – $56,82080
15Bakers$36,960
No formal educational credential
$30,460 – $46,220110

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

#	Occupation	MedianBismarck, ND	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,090	$48,460 – $105,910	70
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,210	$51,230 – $136,640	210
3	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,910	$36,400 – $82,550	90
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,000	$48,870 – $77,180	320
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,530	$49,290 – $74,050	60
6	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,250	$43,000 – $78,630	40
7	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,270	$52,140 – $61,250	40
8	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,750	$39,220 – $58,540	310
9	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,600	$39,410 – $61,930	80
10	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,180	$31,250 – $62,490	40
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,020	$36,960 – $60,990	50
12	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,000	$41,090 – $53,500	40
13	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$39,760	$31,400 – $47,260	170
14	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,150	$22,840 – $56,820	80
15	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,960	$30,460 – $46,220	110

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