High paying production jobs in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR run 8.6% below the national average (2024), so a Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$67,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,050 – $141,3302,180
2Machinists$56,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,040 – $78,190270
3Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$54,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,330 – $54,390220
4Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,100 – $60,370690
5Printing Press Operators$49,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $61,410480
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$49,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,500 – $60,430310
7Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $57,700450
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $61,920570
9Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,600 – $75,400190
10Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,590 – $74,68090
11Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $63,090230
12Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$42,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $50,730210
13Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$41,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,630 – $60,5801,130
14Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$41,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,180 – $74,470250
15Food Batchmakers$41,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,940 – $48,170690
16Print Binding and Finishing Workers$41,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,340 – $72,840100
17Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,010 – $50,5101,770
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,390 – $46,9601,000
19Food Processing Workers, All Other$38,460
No formal educational credential
$37,240 – $49,010430
20Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders$38,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $42,130100
21Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$37,980
No formal educational credential
$37,360 – $38,8202,500
22Helpers--Production Workers$37,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,660 – $42,8901,700
23Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,360
No formal educational credential
$29,080 – $47,400260
24Sewing Machine Operators$37,060
No formal educational credential
$29,480 – $49,630240
25Production Workers, All Other$35,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,940 – $46,110680
26Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$34,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,910 – $46,030140
27Bakers$31,760
No formal educational credential
$29,810 – $43,590790
28Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials$30,860
No formal educational credential
$29,120 – $34,250110
29Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,490
No formal educational credential
$26,670 – $34,360290

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

#	Occupation	MedianFayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,400	$45,050 – $141,330	2,180
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,460	$44,040 – $78,190	270
3	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,390	$30,330 – $54,390	220
4	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,160	$37,100 – $60,370	690
5	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,840	$31,680 – $61,410	480
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,280	$38,500 – $60,430	310
7	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,430	$32,240 – $57,700	450
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,740	$37,580 – $61,920	570
9	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$35,600 – $75,400	190
10	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,110	$38,590 – $74,680	90
11	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,720	$36,340 – $63,090	230
12	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,660	$37,890 – $50,730	210
13	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,570	$36,630 – $60,580	1,130
14	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,330	$35,180 – $74,470	250
15	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,230	$33,940 – $48,170	690
16	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,040	$40,340 – $72,840	100
17	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,180	$28,010 – $50,510	1,770
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,730	$35,390 – $46,960	1,000
19	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$38,460	$37,240 – $49,010	430
20	Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,090	$38,090 – $42,130	100
21	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$37,980	$37,360 – $38,820	2,500
22	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,530	$36,660 – $42,890	1,700
23	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,360	$29,080 – $47,400	260
24	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$37,060	$29,480 – $49,630	240
25	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,300	$29,940 – $46,110	680
26	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,990	$30,910 – $46,030	140
27	BakersNo formal educational credential	$31,760	$29,810 – $43,590	790
28	Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related MaterialsNo formal educational credential	$30,860	$29,120 – $34,250	110
29	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,490	$26,670 – $34,360	290

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR. 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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