High paying production jobs in Coeur d'Alene, ID with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Coeur d'Alene, ID 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 Coeur d'Alene, ID run 1.7% below the national average (2024), so a Coeur d'Alene, ID salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Coeur d'Alene, ID · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$66,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,880 – $100,960320
2Machinists$58,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,260 – $76,950120
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$56,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,080 – $73,670100
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$51,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,680 – $62,240230
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$50,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,220 – $76,68090
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$50,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,680 – $75,02080
7Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$48,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,080 – $60,28090
8Dental Laboratory Technicians$47,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,940 – $80,86060
9Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$47,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $57,510120
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $64,000100
11Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,540 – $65,09070
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$45,830
No formal educational credential
$31,520 – $58,080100
13Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $49,57050
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,600 – $59,010630
15Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $56,420100
16Production Workers, All Other$41,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,000 – $50,18090
17Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$40,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,100 – $48,61050
18Helpers--Production Workers$40,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,860 – $51,16060
19Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$39,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,000 – $51,480100
20Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $48,180110
21Bakers$37,000
No formal educational credential
$22,520 – $46,440250
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,420
No formal educational credential
$29,340 – $45,070140

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

#	Occupation	MedianCoeur d'Alene, ID	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,560	$47,880 – $100,960	320
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,340	$40,260 – $76,950	120
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,380	$45,080 – $73,670	100
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,510	$41,680 – $62,240	230
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,000	$40,220 – $76,680	90
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,000	$39,680 – $75,020	80
7	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,350	$40,080 – $60,280	90
8	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,760	$38,940 – $80,860	60
9	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,350	$37,460 – $57,510	120
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$38,650 – $64,000	100
11	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,920	$36,540 – $65,090	70
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$45,830	$31,520 – $58,080	100
13	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$38,520 – $49,570	50
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,020	$36,600 – $59,010	630
15	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,200	$34,590 – $56,420	100
16	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,150	$38,000 – $50,180	90
17	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,950	$35,100 – $48,610	50
18	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,800	$28,860 – $51,160	60
19	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,980	$29,000 – $51,480	100
20	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,030	$36,720 – $48,180	110
21	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,000	$22,520 – $46,440	250
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,420	$29,340 – $45,070	140

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Coeur d'Alene, ID. 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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