High paying production jobs in Fresno, CA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Fresno, CA 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 Fresno, CA run 2.2% above the national average (2024), so a Fresno, CA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Fresno, CA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$72,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,070 – $110,5801,530
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$67,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,890 – $101,830400
3Machinists$54,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $80,600300
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,850 – $73,730950
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$49,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,170 – $66,510250
6Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,060 – $65,970260
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $69,190310
8Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $60,320190
9Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $82,660460
10Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,710 – $59,680330
11Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $75,240180
12Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,240 – $59,820170
13Printing Press Operators$45,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,540 – $71,560180
14Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders$44,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,050 – $50,590170
15Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$44,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,630 – $65,2901,170
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,480 – $57,9801,800
17Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$42,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $63,650220
18Helpers--Production Workers$40,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,610 – $53,340490
19Slaughterers and Meat Packers$39,420
No formal educational credential
$34,540 – $49,4002,690
20Bakers$39,260
No formal educational credential
$34,630 – $48,750640
21Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,590 – $57,0202,360
22Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$38,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,370 – $54,760160
23Food Batchmakers$37,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,690 – $48,840360
24Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,500
No formal educational credential
$34,880 – $61,710660
25Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,740
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $42,050520
26Production Workers, All Other$36,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $53,800480
27Food Processing Workers, All Other$36,020
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $46,770220

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

#	Occupation	MedianFresno, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,550	$47,070 – $110,580	1,530
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,260	$46,890 – $101,830	400
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,580	$37,090 – $80,600	300
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,550	$42,850 – $73,730	950
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,330	$39,170 – $66,510	250
6	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,900	$39,060 – $65,970	260
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,660	$36,230 – $69,190	310
8	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,100	$34,320 – $60,320	190
9	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,440	$37,440 – $82,660	460
10	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,800	$37,710 – $59,680	330
11	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,470	$36,960 – $75,240	180
12	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,440	$39,240 – $59,820	170
13	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,060	$36,540 – $71,560	180
14	Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,910	$37,050 – $50,590	170
15	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,550	$35,630 – $65,290	1,170
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,340	$35,480 – $57,980	1,800
17	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,070	$35,660 – $63,650	220
18	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,540	$35,610 – $53,340	490
19	Slaughterers and Meat PackersNo formal educational credential	$39,420	$34,540 – $49,400	2,690
20	BakersNo formal educational credential	$39,260	$34,630 – $48,750	640
21	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,440	$34,590 – $57,020	2,360
22	Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,430	$34,370 – $54,760	160
23	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,980	$34,690 – $48,840	360
24	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,500	$34,880 – $61,710	660
25	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,740	$34,320 – $42,050	520
26	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,280	$34,320 – $53,800	480
27	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$36,020	$34,320 – $46,770	220

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Fresno, CA. 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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