High paying production jobs in Jefferson City, MO with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Jefferson City, MO 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 Jefferson City, MO run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Jefferson City, MO salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Jefferson City, MO · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$63,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,970 – $103,470460
2Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$54,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,910 – $59,83080
3Machinists$51,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,600 – $73,64070
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$51,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $59,070360
5Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $58,820130
6Printing Press Operators$49,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,100 – $72,770130
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,390 – $66,310220
8Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $60,02090
9Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$48,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,900 – $62,53070
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,160 – $59,14040
11Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,490 – $59,59070
12Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$46,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,480 – $60,990240
13Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $60,90060
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,570 – $57,8501,000
15Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$41,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $50,40030
16Production Workers, All Other$38,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,320 – $55,650120
17Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,570 – $53,93060
18Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$37,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $44,98070
19Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,920
No formal educational credential
$28,770 – $55,57060
20Helpers--Production Workers$37,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $51,830190
21Print Binding and Finishing Workers$37,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,220 – $61,860120
22Bakers$34,370
No formal educational credential
$28,910 – $47,18040
23Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$29,160
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $36,77080

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

#	Occupation	MedianJefferson City, MO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,060	$45,970 – $103,470	460
2	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,850	$47,910 – $59,830	80
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,850	$37,600 – $73,640	70
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,580	$38,370 – $59,070	360
5	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,730	$37,280 – $58,820	130
6	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,610	$37,100 – $72,770	130
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,450	$37,390 – $66,310	220
8	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,700	$37,590 – $60,020	90
9	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,550	$38,900 – $62,530	70
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,520	$31,160 – $59,140	40
11	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,380	$30,490 – $59,590	70
12	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,300	$36,480 – $60,990	240
13	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,020	$36,620 – $60,900	60
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,100	$36,570 – $57,850	1,000
15	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,670	$39,900 – $50,400	30
16	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,530	$32,320 – $55,650	120
17	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,400	$34,570 – $53,930	60
18	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,980	$37,980 – $44,980	70
19	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,920	$28,770 – $55,570	60
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,260	$28,600 – $51,830	190
21	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,070	$29,220 – $61,860	120
22	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,370	$28,910 – $47,180	40
23	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,160	$28,600 – $36,770	80

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Jefferson City, MO. 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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