High paying production jobs in Kennewick-Richland, WA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Kennewick-Richland, WA 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 Kennewick-Richland, WA run 0.1% above the national average (2024), so a Kennewick-Richland, WA salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Kennewick-Richland, WA · Employed

1Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$103,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$94,490 – $117,87080
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$80,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,560 – $92,04080
3First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$79,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,710 – $128,800580
4Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$75,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,560 – $84,080120
5Machinists$68,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,360 – $114,460120
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$64,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,010 – $95,400260
7Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$57,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,770 – $96,930140
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$53,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $105,97050
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,240 – $82,800360
10Printing Press Operators$47,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,450 – $63,04080
11Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $56,760200
12Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $74,48050
13Production Workers, All Other$45,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $50,610160
14Butchers and Meat Cutters$44,450
No formal educational credential
$36,810 – $56,770110
15Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,350 – $63,350280
16Food Batchmakers$43,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $58,570910
17Food Processing Workers, All Other$41,340
No formal educational credential
$36,500 – $45,10040
18Bakers$40,960
No formal educational credential
$36,250 – $56,920220
19Helpers--Production Workers$40,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,800 – $48,320180
20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,110 – $54,0501,160
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$37,150
No formal educational credential
$35,200 – $42,960150

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

#	Occupation	MedianKennewick-Richland, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,380	$94,490 – $117,870	80
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,750	$55,560 – $92,040	80
3	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,050	$51,710 – $128,800	580
4	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,990	$48,560 – $84,080	120
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,060	$51,360 – $114,460	120
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,720	$50,010 – $95,400	260
7	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,400	$39,770 – $96,930	140
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,830	$38,370 – $105,970	50
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,450	$39,240 – $82,800	360
10	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,910	$39,450 – $63,040	80
11	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,730	$39,120 – $56,760	200
12	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,640	$37,680 – $74,480	50
13	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,810	$38,370 – $50,610	160
14	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$44,450	$36,810 – $56,770	110
15	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,100	$38,350 – $63,350	280
16	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,130	$34,650 – $58,570	910
17	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$41,340	$36,500 – $45,100	40
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$40,960	$36,250 – $56,920	220
19	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,480	$36,800 – $48,320	180
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,750	$37,110 – $54,050	1,160
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,150	$35,200 – $42,960	150

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kennewick-Richland, WA. 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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