High paying production jobs in Lebanon, PA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Lebanon, 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 Lebanon, PA run 6.8% below the national average (2024), so a Lebanon, PA salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Lebanon, PA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$70,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,740 – $99,960520
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$61,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,530 – $72,26040
3Tool and Die Makers$61,570
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,810 – $71,63030
4Machinists$52,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,620 – $68,870170
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,900 – $65,600250
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,570 – $65,40090
7Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$47,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,190 – $62,22040
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,340 – $61,20070
9Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,810 – $64,21090
10Printing Press Operators$47,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,930 – $60,84090
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,660 – $64,160410
12Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,840 – $59,05090
13Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$40,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,040 – $59,74080
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,380 – $58,240760
15Production Workers, All Other$39,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,370 – $66,770120
16Helpers--Production Workers$38,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $45,760270
17Food Processing Workers, All Other$37,830
No formal educational credential
$35,530 – $45,76090
18Food Batchmakers$37,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,940 – $51,180150
19Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,760 – $48,780470
20Sewing Machine Operators$36,530
No formal educational credential
$25,310 – $43,08030
21Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,490
No formal educational credential
$28,820 – $48,97070
22Slaughterers and Meat Packers$36,420
No formal educational credential
$29,340 – $44,110350
23Bakers$36,380
No formal educational credential
$28,520 – $47,490180
24Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,510
No formal educational credential
$29,990 – $47,00050

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

#	Occupation	MedianLebanon, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,000	$47,740 – $99,960	520
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,980	$41,530 – $72,260	40
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,570	$41,810 – $71,630	30
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,620	$39,620 – $68,870	170
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,920	$38,900 – $65,600	250
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,760	$39,570 – $65,400	90
7	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,990	$38,190 – $62,220	40
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,950	$37,340 – $61,200	70
9	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,710	$38,810 – $64,210	90
10	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,380	$36,930 – $60,840	90
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,240	$36,660 – $64,160	410
12	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,400	$33,840 – $59,050	90
13	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,010	$33,040 – $59,740	80
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,710	$34,380 – $58,240	760
15	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,130	$26,370 – $66,770	120
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,100	$38,100 – $45,760	270
17	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$37,830	$35,530 – $45,760	90
18	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,690	$33,940 – $51,180	150
19	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,470	$34,760 – $48,780	470
20	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$36,530	$25,310 – $43,080	30
21	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,490	$28,820 – $48,970	70
22	Slaughterers and Meat PackersNo formal educational credential	$36,420	$29,340 – $44,110	350
23	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,380	$28,520 – $47,490	180
24	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,510	$29,990 – $47,000	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lebanon, 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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