High paying production jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX with no degree

The best paid production occupations in College Station-Bryan, TX 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 College Station-Bryan, TX run 9.0% below the national average (2024), so a College Station-Bryan, TX 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, College Station-Bryan, TX · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$101,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,220 – $124,44040
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$62,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,540 – $101,650400
3Machinists$55,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,070 – $66,42090
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,180 – $77,180330
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$49,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,330 – $61,74080
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$47,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,310 – $65,40070
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,630 – $62,73080
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$43,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,840 – $62,290310
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$39,520
No formal educational credential
$23,100 – $52,49090
10Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,290 – $54,34060
11Production Workers, All Other$38,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,910 – $58,38090
12Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$38,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,000 – $45,750110
13Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,150 – $49,960130
14Food Processing Workers, All Other$36,590
No formal educational credential
$31,190 – $45,49070
15Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $45,41040
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$36,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,970 – $53,280650
17Printing Press Operators$35,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,930 – $49,640130
18Helpers--Production Workers$34,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,080 – $43,690340
19Bakers$32,350
No formal educational credential
$22,900 – $40,870140
20Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$27,920
No formal educational credential
$20,820 – $35,180110

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

#	Occupation	MedianCollege Station-Bryan, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$101,560	$45,220 – $124,440	40
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,970	$39,540 – $101,650	400
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,560	$39,070 – $66,420	90
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,800	$39,180 – $77,180	330
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,770	$38,330 – $61,740	80
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,990	$32,310 – $65,400	70
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,350	$29,630 – $62,730	80
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,420	$33,840 – $62,290	310
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$39,520	$23,100 – $52,490	90
10	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,500	$31,290 – $54,340	60
11	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,400	$29,910 – $58,380	90
12	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,010	$28,000 – $45,750	110
13	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,730	$30,150 – $49,960	130
14	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$36,590	$31,190 – $45,490	70
15	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,280	$27,040 – $45,410	40
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,230	$27,970 – $53,280	650
17	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,330	$26,930 – $49,640	130
18	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,380	$30,080 – $43,690	340
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$32,350	$22,900 – $40,870	140
20	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$27,920	$20,820 – $35,180	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in College Station-Bryan, TX. 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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