High paying production jobs in Lima, OH with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Lima, OH 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 Lima, OH run 10.3% below the national average (2024), so a Lima, OH salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Lima, OH · Employed

1Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$85,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$67,720 – $93,20030
2Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$85,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,610 – $85,790470
3Tool and Die Makers$84,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,700 – $93,65070
4First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,020 – $108,660460
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$64,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,980 – $74,25050
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$57,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,530 – $85,120500
7Machinists$53,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,760 – $106,100120
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $85,70090
9Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$46,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,520 – $87,340160
10Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $61,50070
11Food Batchmakers$43,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,960 – $51,400130
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,150 – $84,650690
13Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$43,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $77,050180
14Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $59,20090
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,740 – $60,530100
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,640 – $45,170510
17Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$36,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $53,86040
18Printing Press Operators$35,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $49,34070
19Production Workers, All Other$34,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,010 – $45,970210
20Bakers$29,330
No formal educational credential
$23,070 – $44,150150
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,040
No formal educational credential
$22,260 – $36,94050

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

#	Occupation	MedianLima, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,930	$67,720 – $93,200	30
2	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,790	$44,610 – $85,790	470
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$84,730	$47,700 – $93,650	70
4	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,350	$48,020 – $108,660	460
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,310	$43,980 – $74,250	50
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,990	$35,530 – $85,120	500
7	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,950	$37,760 – $106,100	120
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,040	$37,580 – $85,700	90
9	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,240	$37,520 – $87,340	160
10	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,920	$39,000 – $61,500	70
11	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,990	$33,960 – $51,400	130
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,970	$30,150 – $84,650	690
13	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,920	$38,960 – $77,050	180
14	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,720	$37,590 – $59,200	90
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,440	$29,740 – $60,530	100
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,430	$35,640 – $45,170	510
17	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,490	$36,490 – $53,860	40
18	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,670	$35,250 – $49,340	70
19	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,350	$26,010 – $45,970	210
20	BakersNo formal educational credential	$29,330	$23,070 – $44,150	150
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,040	$22,260 – $36,940	50

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