High paying production jobs in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV run 5.8% below the national average (2024), so a Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,460 – $103,750560
2Chemical Plant and System Operators$66,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,250 – $85,22050
3Machinists$59,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,950 – $75,920210
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$56,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,030 – $76,230130
5Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$55,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,460 – $65,330190
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$54,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $75,200180
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$53,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,870 – $81,17050
8Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,480 – $63,50090
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$52,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $73,550420
10Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$51,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,330 – $77,800100
11Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$49,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,600 – $53,01050
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$49,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,630 – $65,1801,200
13Helpers--Production Workers$48,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,890 – $61,060420
14Printing Press Operators$47,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $67,090210
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,500 – $50,78040
16Food Batchmakers$45,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $64,08070
17Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,620 – $59,110410
18Print Binding and Finishing Workers$45,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,010 – $62,450250
19Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,000 – $59,72040
20Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,560 – $56,670100
21Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$43,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,460 – $55,59040
22Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $63,860140
23Production Workers, All Other$41,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,420 – $72,850500
24Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators$39,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $55,19070
25Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,110
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $47,69060
26Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $47,87070
27Sewing Machine Operators$35,120
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $46,970100
28Bakers$33,330
No formal educational credential
$26,770 – $48,23070
29Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$33,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $41,05050
30Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$31,200
No formal educational credential
$29,080 – $44,070100
31Food Processing Workers, All Other$31,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $40,90070

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

#	Occupation	MedianHagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,770	$46,460 – $103,750	560
2	Chemical Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,840	$52,250 – $85,220	50
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,390	$39,950 – $75,920	210
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,020	$40,030 – $76,230	130
5	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,700	$38,460 – $65,330	190
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,260	$38,700 – $75,200	180
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,890	$32,870 – $81,170	50
8	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,790	$45,480 – $63,500	90
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,170	$33,280 – $73,550	420
10	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,700	$39,330 – $77,800	100
11	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,500	$38,600 – $53,010	50
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,410	$36,630 – $65,180	1,200
13	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,470	$38,890 – $61,060	420
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,950	$36,250 – $67,090	210
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,940	$38,500 – $50,780	40
16	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,740	$31,200 – $64,080	70
17	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,330	$34,620 – $59,110	410
18	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,020	$40,010 – $62,450	250
19	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$30,000 – $59,720	40
20	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,310	$39,560 – $56,670	100
21	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,370	$36,460 – $55,590	40
22	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,500	$36,490 – $63,860	140
23	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,080	$37,420 – $72,850	500
24	Fiberglass Laminators and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,450	$38,020 – $55,190	70
25	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,110	$28,600 – $47,690	60
26	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,750	$35,900 – $47,870	70
27	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$35,120	$31,200 – $46,970	100
28	BakersNo formal educational credential	$33,330	$26,770 – $48,230	70
29	Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,280	$33,280 – $41,050	50
30	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$29,080 – $44,070	100
31	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$31,200 – $40,900	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV. 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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