High paying production jobs in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC 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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC run 6.7% below the national average (2024), so a Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,220 – $102,3402,810
2Tool and Die Makers$67,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,440 – $80,490200
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$61,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,960 – $77,930390
4Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$59,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,430 – $72,5901,250
5Machinists$57,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,800 – $72,2101,050
6Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$51,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,740 – $63,690230
7Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,170 – $66,190730
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$50,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,570 – $73,200640
9Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,980 – $56,880230
10Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,990 – $63,3401,760
11Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,210 – $58,650490
12Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $70,8203,480
13Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,340 – $61,420170
14Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,080 – $61,860540
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,390 – $62,4101,130
16Engine and Other Machine Assemblers$46,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,700 – $59,2401,020
17Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,880 – $74,620450
18Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,000 – $61,060600
19Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$46,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,520 – $58,560180
20Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders$46,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,140 – $47,500250
21Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,280 – $57,4301,310
22Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,800 – $85,8701,990
23Printing Press Operators$43,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,590 – $62,620490
24Food Batchmakers$43,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,620 – $52,200180
25Production Workers, All Other$42,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $64,350450
26Print Binding and Finishing Workers$41,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,050 – $52,500140
27Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $62,070820
28Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers$41,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,600 – $62,060170
29Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$40,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,160 – $50,5709,860
30Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$39,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $50,350530
31Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$39,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,330 – $56,120190
32Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$39,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,190 – $51,4101,260
33Sewing Machine Operators$39,070
No formal educational credential
$29,610 – $46,090400
34Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $47,210430
35Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,120
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $47,790380
36Helpers--Production Workers$36,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $51,600480
37Bakers$34,590
No formal educational credential
$23,850 – $42,570690
38Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,220
No formal educational credential
$25,570 – $38,480490

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,650	$50,220 – $102,340	2,810
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,830	$37,440 – $80,490	200
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,660	$39,960 – $77,930	390
4	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,350	$39,430 – $72,590	1,250
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,970	$38,800 – $72,210	1,050
6	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,590	$44,740 – $63,690	230
7	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,940	$27,170 – $66,190	730
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,400	$37,570 – $73,200	640
9	Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,390	$36,980 – $56,880	230
10	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,130	$39,990 – $63,340	1,760
11	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,550	$29,210 – $58,650	490
12	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,470	$35,360 – $70,820	3,480
13	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,440	$39,340 – $61,420	170
14	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,280	$37,080 – $61,860	540
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$35,390 – $62,410	1,130
16	Engine and Other Machine AssemblersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,950	$39,700 – $59,240	1,020
17	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,840	$36,880 – $74,620	450
18	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,760	$35,000 – $61,060	600
19	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,710	$35,520 – $58,560	180
20	Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,210	$37,140 – $47,500	250
21	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,680	$32,280 – $57,430	1,310
22	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,160	$36,800 – $85,870	1,990
23	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,580	$30,590 – $62,620	490
24	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,540	$38,620 – $52,200	180
25	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,500	$31,680 – $64,350	450
26	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,760	$30,050 – $52,500	140
27	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,630	$34,320 – $62,070	820
28	Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass FibersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,490	$37,600 – $62,060	170
29	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,840	$34,160 – $50,570	9,860
30	Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,760	$36,530 – $50,350	530
31	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,260	$37,330 – $56,120	190
32	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,070	$33,190 – $51,410	1,260
33	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$39,070	$29,610 – $46,090	400
34	Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,280	$33,330 – $47,210	430
35	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,120	$31,200 – $47,790	380
36	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,940	$29,120 – $51,600	480
37	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,590	$23,850 – $42,570	690
38	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,220	$25,570 – $38,480	490

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