High paying production jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Burlington-South Burlington, VT 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 Burlington-South Burlington, VT run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Burlington-South Burlington, VT salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Burlington-South Burlington, VT · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$97,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,020 – $133,50060
2Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$81,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$62,560 – $107,37050
3First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$80,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,620 – $107,400360
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$67,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,980 – $81,10090
5Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$64,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,300 – $82,09050
6Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$64,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,220 – $78,80070
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$63,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,300 – $78,110140
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$58,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,110 – $77,960510
9Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$53,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,640 – $67,750110
10Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$52,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,650 – $72,740310
11Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,120 – $61,810130
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,120 – $66,23040
13Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$50,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,860 – $58,460140
14Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,300 – $64,22060
15Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,360 – $59,96070
16Food Batchmakers$50,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,370 – $58,510500
17Machinists$49,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,670 – $79,03070
18Print Binding and Finishing Workers$49,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,000 – $55,84060
19Printing Press Operators$48,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,410 – $73,83090
20Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$48,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $59,41050
21Helpers--Production Workers$47,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,610 – $58,51060
22Production Workers, All Other$47,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,570 – $67,830120
23Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$47,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,380 – $58,620480
24Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,680 – $63,720420
25Butchers and Meat Cutters$45,580
No formal educational credential
$35,970 – $59,330110
26Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $62,240210
27Bakers$43,090
No formal educational credential
$36,260 – $57,080240
28Sewing Machine Operators$42,480
No formal educational credential
$32,210 – $56,77080
29Food Processing Workers, All Other$41,480
No formal educational credential
$33,500 – $62,31050
30Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$38,980
No formal educational credential
$31,550 – $48,62050

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

#	Occupation	MedianBurlington-South Burlington, VT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,800	$49,020 – $133,500	60
2	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$81,170	$62,560 – $107,370	50
3	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,290	$53,620 – $107,400	360
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,250	$57,980 – $81,100	90
5	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,760	$44,300 – $82,090	50
6	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,130	$46,220 – $78,800	70
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,460	$48,300 – $78,110	140
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,640	$46,110 – $77,960	510
9	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,570	$46,640 – $67,750	110
10	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,820	$40,650 – $72,740	310
11	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,340	$50,120 – $61,810	130
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,250	$48,120 – $66,230	40
13	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,640	$38,860 – $58,460	140
14	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,450	$48,300 – $64,220	60
15	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,280	$48,360 – $59,960	70
16	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,180	$39,370 – $58,510	500
17	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,860	$40,670 – $79,030	70
18	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,010	$44,000 – $55,840	60
19	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,660	$37,410 – $73,830	90
20	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,580	$45,760 – $59,410	50
21	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,830	$38,610 – $58,510	60
22	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,180	$38,570 – $67,830	120
23	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,140	$38,380 – $58,620	480
24	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,230	$36,680 – $63,720	420
25	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$45,580	$35,970 – $59,330	110
26	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,420	$41,600 – $62,240	210
27	BakersNo formal educational credential	$43,090	$36,260 – $57,080	240
28	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$42,480	$32,210 – $56,770	80
29	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$41,480	$33,500 – $62,310	50
30	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$38,980	$31,550 – $48,620	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. 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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