High paying production jobs in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA run 1.3% below the national average (2024), so a Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$73,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,940 – $96,3001,140
2Tool and Die Makers$64,920
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,730 – $77,320130
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$63,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,970 – $76,710280
4Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$57,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,460 – $74,670280
5Machinists$56,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,020 – $74,900360
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,780 – $74,430420
7Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,730 – $65,420170
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $69,360210
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,470 – $64,3401,320
10Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,810 – $57,750300
11Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,390 – $61,690140
12Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,140 – $58,600120
13Printing Press Operators$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,350 – $58,670420
14Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,630 – $68,4801,380
15Print Binding and Finishing Workers$45,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,920 – $60,000120
16Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,810 – $59,310280
17Food Batchmakers$42,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,940 – $59,580980
18Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$40,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,660 – $48,990900
19Butchers and Meat Cutters$39,770
No formal educational credential
$30,430 – $58,470140
20Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,880 – $60,4201,860
21Helpers--Production Workers$38,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,390 – $70,190320
22Production Workers, All Other$38,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $50,160340
23Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,720 – $48,500340
24Bakers$35,810
No formal educational credential
$27,410 – $47,800450
25Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$32,470
No formal educational credential
$25,900 – $37,780270

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

#	Occupation	MedianHarrisburg-Carlisle, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,560	$45,940 – $96,300	1,140
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$64,920	$45,730 – $77,320	130
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,680	$46,970 – $76,710	280
4	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,200	$44,460 – $74,670	280
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,070	$42,020 – $74,900	360
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,330	$39,780 – $74,430	420
7	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,430	$40,730 – $65,420	170
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,600	$35,360 – $69,360	210
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,270	$35,470 – $64,340	1,320
10	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,260	$31,810 – $57,750	300
11	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,960	$36,390 – $61,690	140
12	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,900	$31,140 – $58,600	120
13	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$36,350 – $58,670	420
14	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,680	$35,630 – $68,480	1,380
15	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,670	$36,920 – $60,000	120
16	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,570	$37,810 – $59,310	280
17	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,900	$34,940 – $59,580	980
18	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,460	$33,660 – $48,990	900
19	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$39,770	$30,430 – $58,470	140
20	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,160	$29,880 – $60,420	1,860
21	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,850	$28,390 – $70,190	320
22	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,830	$36,910 – $50,160	340
23	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,210	$32,720 – $48,500	340
24	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,810	$27,410 – $47,800	450
25	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,470	$25,900 – $37,780	270

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA. 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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