High paying production jobs in Bozeman, MT with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Bozeman, MT 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 Bozeman, MT run 2.5% above the national average (2024), so a Bozeman, MT salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Bozeman, MT · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$76,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,470 – $76,39070
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$66,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,460 – $95,390270
3Machinists$66,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,740 – $76,56040
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$62,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,680 – $92,21070
5Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$61,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $61,39050
6Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$59,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,100 – $77,090110
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,110 – $74,340170
8Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$56,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,120 – $67,11080
9Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,270 – $61,46070
10Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$51,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,970 – $68,40070
11Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$50,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,840 – $62,99030
12Production Workers, All Other$50,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,120 – $76,39060
13Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$48,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,430 – $64,08040
14Butchers and Meat Cutters$47,700
No formal educational credential
$37,950 – $56,74090
15Printing Press Operators$47,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,570 – $73,29050
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,920 – $59,340340
17Bakers$41,600
No formal educational credential
$33,170 – $56,870170
18Sewing Machine Operators$39,610
No formal educational credential
$24,810 – $53,67060
19Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,340
No formal educational credential
$31,740 – $47,160220

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

#	Occupation	MedianBozeman, MT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,390	$52,470 – $76,390	70
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,710	$48,460 – $95,390	270
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,500	$41,740 – $76,560	40
4	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,200	$43,680 – $92,210	70
5	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,010	$47,840 – $61,390	50
6	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,160	$41,100 – $77,090	110
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,140	$46,110 – $74,340	170
8	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,560	$44,120 – $67,110	80
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,110	$45,270 – $61,460	70
10	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,000	$41,970 – $68,400	70
11	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,550	$37,840 – $62,990	30
12	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,260	$37,120 – $76,390	60
13	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,250	$36,430 – $64,080	40
14	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$47,700	$37,950 – $56,740	90
15	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,300	$35,570 – $73,290	50
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,560	$37,920 – $59,340	340
17	BakersNo formal educational credential	$41,600	$33,170 – $56,870	170
18	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$39,610	$24,810 – $53,670	60
19	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,340	$31,740 – $47,160	220

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