High paying production jobs in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT 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 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT run 6.9% above the national average (2024), so a Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT salary is worth about 0.94× 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, Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$82,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,570 – $123,2601,570
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$81,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,390 – $99,880170
3Tool and Die Makers$78,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$52,290 – $103,310170
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$63,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,560 – $110,640210
5Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$63,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,580 – $117,020270
6Machinists$63,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,270 – $96,230500
7Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$61,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,200 – $79,150280
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$60,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,100 – $77,240230
9Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$59,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,030 – $70,320130
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$55,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,220 – $78,610190
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$55,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,140 – $101,5501,020
12Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,560 – $81,860150
13Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,240 – $57,890270
14Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,650 – $59,280210
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$47,360
No formal educational credential
$36,360 – $62,210310
16Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $64,110590
17Production Workers, All Other$45,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,460 – $72,880320
18Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,050 – $62,6201,800
19Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,330 – $59,090220
20Helpers--Production Workers$40,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,620 – $57,280190
21Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$40,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,360 – $53,310340
22Food Batchmakers$39,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,850 – $50,510480
23Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$37,770
No formal educational credential
$35,310 – $44,430380
24Bakers$37,100
No formal educational credential
$34,200 – $49,7201,170
25Printing Press Operators$36,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $62,520380
26Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials$35,940
No formal educational credential
$35,360 – $44,780270

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

#	Occupation	MedianBridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,990	$48,570 – $123,260	1,570
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,810	$64,390 – $99,880	170
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,960	$52,290 – $103,310	170
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,440	$41,560 – $110,640	210
5	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,360	$40,580 – $117,020	270
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,100	$45,270 – $96,230	500
7	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,720	$40,200 – $79,150	280
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,600	$45,100 – $77,240	230
9	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,010	$44,030 – $70,320	130
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,750	$40,220 – $78,610	190
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,540	$39,140 – $101,550	1,020
12	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,680	$37,560 – $81,860	150
13	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,610	$39,240 – $57,890	270
14	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,450	$37,650 – $59,280	210
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$47,360	$36,360 – $62,210	310
16	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,860	$35,990 – $64,110	590
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,310	$36,460 – $72,880	320
18	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,290	$35,050 – $62,620	1,800
19	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,780	$36,330 – $59,090	220
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,560	$35,620 – $57,280	190
21	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,030	$34,360 – $53,310	340
22	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,400	$36,850 – $50,510	480
23	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,770	$35,310 – $44,430	380
24	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,100	$34,200 – $49,720	1,170
25	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,580	$36,080 – $62,520	380
26	Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related MaterialsNo formal educational credential	$35,940	$35,360 – $44,780	270

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. 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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