High paying production jobs in Longview, TX with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Longview, TX 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 Longview, TX run 10.5% below the national average (2024), so a Longview, TX 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, Longview, TX · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$100,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$79,280 – $121,510120
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$71,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,300 – $140,240840
3Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$62,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,000 – $76,27040
4Production Workers, All Other$54,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,780 – $59,340180
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,700 – $72,3801,270
6Plant and System Operators, All Other$49,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,420 – $106,60040
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,580 – $85,340200
8Machinists$48,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,440 – $68,550690
9Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$47,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,690 – $61,250130
10Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$47,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,840 – $60,12040
11Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,770 – $60,59040
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,810 – $59,900230
13Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$43,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,410 – $76,340700
14Printing Press Operators$42,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,110 – $58,36070
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,750 – $57,020120
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,140 – $53,0701,230
17Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,070 – $48,420440
18Helpers--Production Workers$36,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,290 – $46,680440
19Sewing Machine Operators$36,290
No formal educational credential
$22,430 – $48,29050
20Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$35,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,180 – $58,14050
21Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$34,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,850 – $48,920120
22Food Processing Workers, All Other$34,240
No formal educational credential
$30,670 – $48,27040
23Butchers and Meat Cutters$33,780
No formal educational credential
$23,730 – $46,520120
24Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$33,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,490 – $43,660230
25Bakers$30,150
No formal educational credential
$23,620 – $38,030110
26Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$29,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,020 – $39,520130
27Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$29,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,490 – $36,770120
28Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$27,040
No formal educational credential
$21,710 – $33,500170

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

#	Occupation	MedianLongview, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$100,180	$79,280 – $121,510	120
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,810	$43,300 – $140,240	840
3	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,130	$40,000 – $76,270	40
4	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,800	$30,780 – $59,340	180
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,300	$38,700 – $72,380	1,270
6	Plant and System Operators, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,180	$39,420 – $106,600	40
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,680	$36,580 – $85,340	200
8	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,350	$32,440 – $68,550	690
9	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,190	$37,690 – $61,250	130
10	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,040	$36,840 – $60,120	40
11	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,770	$34,770 – $60,590	40
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,310	$30,810 – $59,900	230
13	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,540	$35,410 – $76,340	700
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,220	$31,110 – $58,360	70
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,010	$31,750 – $57,020	120
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,310	$30,140 – $53,070	1,230
17	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,540	$31,070 – $48,420	440
18	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,310	$28,290 – $46,680	440
19	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$36,290	$22,430 – $48,290	50
20	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,210	$31,180 – $58,140	50
21	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,890	$32,850 – $48,920	120
22	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$34,240	$30,670 – $48,270	40
23	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$33,780	$23,730 – $46,520	120
24	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,610	$28,490 – $43,660	230
25	BakersNo formal educational credential	$30,150	$23,620 – $38,030	110
26	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,270	$21,020 – $39,520	130
27	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,120	$23,490 – $36,770	120
28	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$27,040	$21,710 – $33,500	170

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