High paying production jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL run 14.2% above the national average (2024), so a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL salary is worth about 0.88× 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, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$63,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,140 – $106,7106,960
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$62,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,890 – $100,3901,610
3Machinists$60,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,090 – $84,4602,170
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$54,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,800 – $74,6003,510
5Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,670 – $71,9401,560
6Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $69,440910
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,190 – $77,2406,830
8Printing Press Operators$42,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,490 – $60,4702,170
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$39,140
No formal educational credential
$27,060 – $50,1503,420
10Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$39,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,700 – $60,8601,530
11Production Workers, All Other$38,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,550 – $58,9502,860
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,410 – $53,1409,800
13Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$37,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,250 – $61,1801,050
14Helpers--Production Workers$37,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,830 – $50,3901,450
15Bakers$36,880
No formal educational credential
$28,750 – $46,4503,800
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$35,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,820 – $49,0304,110
17Food Batchmakers$35,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,460 – $48,760880
18Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,330
No formal educational credential
$29,410 – $38,2504,460
19Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials$32,480
No formal educational credential
$29,350 – $36,1701,040
20Sewing Machine Operators$30,620
No formal educational credential
$27,360 – $43,8803,680
21Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$28,840
No formal educational credential
$27,680 – $45,3401,070

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

#	Occupation	MedianMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,720	$43,140 – $106,710	6,960
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,960	$45,890 – $100,390	1,610
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,700	$45,090 – $84,460	2,170
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,590	$40,800 – $74,600	3,510
5	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,170	$36,670 – $71,940	1,560
6	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,680	$37,300 – $69,440	910
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,820	$31,190 – $77,240	6,830
8	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,890	$30,490 – $60,470	2,170
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$39,140	$27,060 – $50,150	3,420
10	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,020	$30,700 – $60,860	1,530
11	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,100	$27,550 – $58,950	2,860
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,010	$29,410 – $53,140	9,800
13	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,900	$30,250 – $61,180	1,050
14	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,310	$31,830 – $50,390	1,450
15	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,880	$28,750 – $46,450	3,800
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,810	$28,820 – $49,030	4,110
17	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,430	$29,460 – $48,760	880
18	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,330	$29,410 – $38,250	4,460
19	Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related MaterialsNo formal educational credential	$32,480	$29,350 – $36,170	1,040
20	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$30,620	$27,360 – $43,880	3,680
21	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$28,840	$27,680 – $45,340	1,070

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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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