High paying production jobs in Glens Falls, NY with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Glens Falls, NY 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 Glens Falls, NY run 5.1% below the national average (2024), so a Glens Falls, NY salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Glens Falls, NY · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$78,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,940 – $106,130270
2Power Plant Operators$64,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,030 – $88,36040
3Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$61,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,610 – $68,570340
4Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$61,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,000 – $77,66040
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$60,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,550 – $64,090150
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$59,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,630 – $83,620100
7Machinists$59,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,240 – $78,480140
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,290 – $74,050110
9Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$58,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,560 – $62,06040
10Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$55,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,670 – $79,11050
11Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $69,07030
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,530 – $70,09060
13Production Workers, All Other$50,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,330 – $58,78040
14Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$50,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,810 – $69,320190
15Sewing Machine Operators$50,000
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $50,00040
16Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,170 – $74,00030
17Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,120 – $58,75090
18Butchers and Meat Cutters$47,540
No formal educational credential
$33,840 – $57,20030
19Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,580 – $57,53030
20Printing Press Operators$46,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,920 – $59,80030
21Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,280 – $57,030110
22Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$40,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,180 – $47,2801,010
23Helpers--Production Workers$39,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,290 – $57,28050
24Bakers$36,930
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $45,19070
25Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,560
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $37,440100
26Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$34,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $46,89030

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

#	Occupation	MedianGlens Falls, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,930	$48,940 – $106,130	270
2	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,580	$50,030 – $88,360	40
3	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,830	$51,610 – $68,570	340
4	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,050	$40,000 – $77,660	40
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,150	$49,550 – $64,090	150
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,750	$50,630 – $83,620	100
7	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,570	$45,240 – $78,480	140
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,140	$48,290 – $74,050	110
9	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,000	$41,560 – $62,060	40
10	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,990	$37,670 – $79,110	50
11	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,630	$37,580 – $69,070	30
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,920	$46,530 – $70,090	60
13	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,870	$34,330 – $58,780	40
14	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,780	$41,810 – $69,320	190
15	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$50,000	$32,240 – $50,000	40
16	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,860	$46,170 – $74,000	30
17	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,740	$42,120 – $58,750	90
18	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$47,540	$33,840 – $57,200	30
19	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,040	$39,580 – $57,530	30
20	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,060	$38,920 – $59,800	30
21	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$38,280 – $57,030	110
22	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,000	$37,180 – $47,280	1,010
23	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,480	$36,290 – $57,280	50
24	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,930	$32,240 – $45,190	70
25	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,560	$32,240 – $37,440	100
26	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,430	$32,240 – $46,890	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Glens Falls, NY. 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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