High paying production jobs in Manchester-Nashua, NH with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Manchester-Nashua, NH 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 Manchester-Nashua, NH run 5.7% above the national average (2024), so a Manchester-Nashua, NH salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Manchester-Nashua, NH · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$78,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,680 – $119,560870
2Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$66,960
Postsecondary nondegree award
$51,490 – $96,03070
3Tool and Die Makers$66,140
Postsecondary nondegree award
$56,530 – $84,660100
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$64,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,440 – $83,160120
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$61,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,680 – $78,950300
6Machinists$60,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,870 – $80,160340
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$58,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,990 – $77,970270
8Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$56,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,520 – $77,230110
9Printing Press Operators$54,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,940 – $76,580240
10Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$53,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,000 – $81,870240
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$50,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,040 – $74,6201,010
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,480 – $62,720170
13Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,880 – $61,8801,120
14Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,080 – $60,000160
15Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,890 – $61,730180
16Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$46,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $59,010220
17Production Workers, All Other$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,190 – $54,220620
18Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $59,870240
19Butchers and Meat Cutters$46,010
No formal educational credential
$37,490 – $57,710160
20Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,000 – $62,4001,310
21Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,990 – $61,410170
22Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,320 – $60,43070
23Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $55,950560
24Bakers$39,500
No formal educational credential
$30,470 – $48,170230
25Helpers--Production Workers$37,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $44,210240
26Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,860
No formal educational credential
$31,470 – $41,620320

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

#	Occupation	MedianManchester-Nashua, NH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,900	$53,680 – $119,560	870
2	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,960	$51,490 – $96,030	70
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,140	$56,530 – $84,660	100
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,100	$49,440 – $83,160	120
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,650	$46,680 – $78,950	300
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,120	$43,870 – $80,160	340
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,510	$46,990 – $77,970	270
8	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,820	$45,520 – $77,230	110
9	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,230	$35,940 – $76,580	240
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,540	$40,000 – $81,870	240
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,240	$41,040 – $74,620	1,010
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,170	$39,480 – $62,720	170
13	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$38,880 – $61,880	1,120
14	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$40,080 – $60,000	160
15	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,070	$42,890 – $61,730	180
16	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,930	$37,320 – $59,010	220
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$37,190 – $54,220	620
18	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,380	$37,460 – $59,870	240
19	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$46,010	$37,490 – $57,710	160
20	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,380	$35,000 – $62,400	1,310
21	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,030	$38,990 – $61,410	170
22	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,210	$39,320 – $60,430	70
23	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,570	$38,340 – $55,950	560
24	BakersNo formal educational credential	$39,500	$30,470 – $48,170	230
25	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,140	$32,220 – $44,210	240
26	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,860	$31,470 – $41,620	320

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Manchester-Nashua, NH. 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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