High paying production jobs in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 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 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS run 10.0% below the national average (2024), so a Gulfport-Biloxi, MS salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Gulfport-Biloxi, MS · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$104,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$66,330 – $107,330110
2Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$82,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,240 – $85,520290
3First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$81,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,000 – $111,4801,010
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$63,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,410 – $93,730600
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$63,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $63,4402,220
6Machinists$63,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,760 – $63,470420
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$63,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,890 – $63,180700
8Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$53,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,440 – $70,16050
9Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,410 – $80,480280
10Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$51,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,900 – $71,65070
11Printing Press Operators$46,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,160 – $116,19080
12Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$46,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,920 – $64,420230
13Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$45,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,690 – $78,480150
14Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators$44,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,210 – $63,070130
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,000 – $63,180120
16Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $43,95060
17Production Workers, All Other$40,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,770 – $90,82060
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$39,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,300 – $55,520270
19Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,360 – $60,780470
20Helpers--Production Workers$38,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,720 – $56,160170
21Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$38,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,600 – $59,29050
22Butchers and Meat Cutters$30,700
No formal educational credential
$22,190 – $54,040130
23Bakers$29,570
No formal educational credential
$20,960 – $36,510190
24Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,640
No formal educational credential
$22,690 – $42,720280
25Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$28,260
No formal educational credential
$22,510 – $36,530280

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

#	Occupation	MedianGulfport-Biloxi, MS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$104,190	$66,330 – $107,330	110
2	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,050	$42,240 – $85,520	290
3	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,260	$53,000 – $111,480	1,010
4	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,520	$31,410 – $93,730	600
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,440	$38,960 – $63,440	2,220
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,330	$47,760 – $63,470	420
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,180	$48,890 – $63,180	700
8	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,640	$51,440 – $70,160	50
9	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,790	$46,410 – $80,480	280
10	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,430	$36,900 – $71,650	70
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,900	$26,160 – $116,190	80
12	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,550	$36,920 – $64,420	230
13	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,160	$31,690 – $78,480	150
14	Fiberglass Laminators and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,520	$37,210 – $63,070	130
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,980	$32,000 – $63,180	120
16	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,970	$30,160 – $43,950	60
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,110	$24,770 – $90,820	60
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,750	$28,300 – $55,520	270
19	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,160	$29,360 – $60,780	470
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,270	$26,720 – $56,160	170
21	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,240	$26,600 – $59,290	50
22	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$30,700	$22,190 – $54,040	130
23	BakersNo formal educational credential	$29,570	$20,960 – $36,510	190
24	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,640	$22,690 – $42,720	280
25	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$28,260	$22,510 – $36,530	280

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS. 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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