High paying production jobs in Mayaguez, PR with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Mayaguez, PR 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.

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

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OccupationMedian, Mayaguez, PR · Employed

1Printing Press Operators$36,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,930 – $46,01060
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$35,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,460 – $65,280260
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$30,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $37,75070
4Print Binding and Finishing Workers$27,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,460 – $36,200140
5Production Workers, All Other$23,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $25,170160
6Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$23,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,440 – $25,230600
7Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$22,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $37,750100
8Butchers and Meat Cutters$22,780
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $29,440190
9Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$22,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $27,06050
10Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$22,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $37,500240
11Bakers$22,170
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $26,400190
12Helpers--Production Workers$21,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $23,170120
13Sewing Machine Operators$21,840
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $21,8402,370
14Food Batchmakers$21,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $23,53080

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

#	Occupation	MedianMayaguez, PR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,060	$22,930 – $46,010	60
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,560	$26,460 – $65,280	260
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,230	$27,040 – $37,750	70
4	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,460	$27,460 – $36,200	140
5	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,600	$21,840 – $25,170	160
6	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,570	$22,440 – $25,230	600
7	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,810	$21,840 – $37,750	100
8	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$22,780	$21,840 – $29,440	190
9	Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,330	$21,840 – $27,060	50
10	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,240	$21,840 – $37,500	240
11	BakersNo formal educational credential	$22,170	$21,840 – $26,400	190
12	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,970	$21,840 – $23,170	120
13	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$21,840	$21,840 – $21,840	2,370
14	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,840	$21,840 – $23,530	80

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