High paying production jobs in Montgomery, AL with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Montgomery, AL 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 Montgomery, AL run 10.3% below the national average (2024), so a Montgomery, AL 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, Montgomery, AL · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$107,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,440 – $125,07060
2Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$84,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,770 – $85,800160
3First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,580 – $127,6601,320
4Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders$57,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,740 – $62,65070
5Machinists$53,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $75,720410
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$51,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,880 – $75,340180
7Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,460 – $81,060190
8Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$49,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,220 – $57,98070
9Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$48,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,000 – $64,440470
10Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,400 – $57,42080
11Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,350 – $71,160560
12Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,640 – $60,260490
13Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,460 – $66,570310
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,640 – $63,1307,410
15Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,370 – $63,0601,370
16Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,500 – $57,840140
17Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$43,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,480 – $48,320100
18Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$43,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,110 – $58,800230
19Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,850 – $54,810310
20Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$40,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,050 – $66,570190
21Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $63,19070
22Bakers$38,720
No formal educational credential
$22,190 – $41,000300
23Helpers--Production Workers$38,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,770 – $44,120370
24Printing Press Operators$36,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,180 – $55,290200
25Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,850
No formal educational credential
$27,130 – $48,650170
26Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$36,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,100 – $50,140180
27Sewing Machine Operators$33,330
No formal educational credential
$26,030 – $44,99060
28Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$27,750
No formal educational credential
$23,360 – $37,030180

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

#	Occupation	MedianMontgomery, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$107,080	$62,440 – $125,070	60
2	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,360	$44,770 – $85,800	160
3	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,610	$46,580 – $127,660	1,320
4	Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,240	$36,740 – $62,650	70
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,460	$36,510 – $75,720	410
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,470	$39,880 – $75,340	180
7	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,120	$36,460 – $81,060	190
8	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,190	$39,220 – $57,980	70
9	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,680	$35,000 – $64,440	470
10	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,190	$34,400 – $57,420	80
11	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$37,350 – $71,160	560
12	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,990	$31,640 – $60,260	490
13	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,130	$27,460 – $66,570	310
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,380	$26,640 – $63,130	7,410
15	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$27,370 – $63,060	1,370
16	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,960	$30,500 – $57,840	140
17	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,720	$30,480 – $48,320	100
18	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,060	$37,110 – $58,800	230
19	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,030	$31,850 – $54,810	310
20	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,050	$40,050 – $66,570	190
21	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,790	$33,280 – $63,190	70
22	BakersNo formal educational credential	$38,720	$22,190 – $41,000	300
23	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,630	$29,770 – $44,120	370
24	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,850	$28,180 – $55,290	200
25	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,850	$27,130 – $48,650	170
26	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,320	$29,100 – $50,140	180
27	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$33,330	$26,030 – $44,990	60
28	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$27,750	$23,360 – $37,030	180

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