High paying production jobs in Lubbock, TX with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Lubbock, 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 Lubbock, TX run 8.7% below the national average (2024), so a Lubbock, TX salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Lubbock, TX · Employed

1Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$77,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,980 – $95,76060
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$60,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,830 – $98,740480
3Machinists$47,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $72,390160
4Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $98,660100
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,690 – $74,96080
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$46,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,620 – $70,740500
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$45,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,970 – $61,530110
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$44,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,480 – $69,160250
9Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$42,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,410 – $62,160140
10Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,220 – $54,03060
11Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$36,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,050 – $44,100170
12Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$36,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,500 – $47,84070
13Bakers$35,750
No formal educational credential
$26,470 – $37,550310
14Printing Press Operators$35,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,210 – $51,390110
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,410
No formal educational credential
$23,440 – $49,960120
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$35,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,800 – $46,810570
17Production Workers, All Other$34,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,640 – $46,41080
18Helpers--Production Workers$32,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,830 – $48,160190
19Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,210
No formal educational credential
$21,300 – $36,670260
20Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials$28,010
No formal educational credential
$21,210 – $34,48070

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

#	Occupation	MedianLubbock, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,240	$50,980 – $95,760	60
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,280	$37,830 – $98,740	480
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,790	$36,340 – $72,390	160
4	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$34,650 – $98,660	100
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$37,690 – $74,960	80
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,760	$35,620 – $70,740	500
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,580	$29,970 – $61,530	110
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,040	$31,480 – $69,160	250
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,240	$30,410 – $62,160	140
10	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,980	$26,220 – $54,030	60
11	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,580	$29,050 – $44,100	170
12	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,360	$27,500 – $47,840	70
13	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,750	$26,470 – $37,550	310
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,530	$28,210 – $51,390	110
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$35,410	$23,440 – $49,960	120
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,090	$29,800 – $46,810	570
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,830	$28,640 – $46,410	80
18	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,830	$27,830 – $48,160	190
19	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,210	$21,300 – $36,670	260
20	Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related MaterialsNo formal educational credential	$28,010	$21,210 – $34,480	70

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