High paying production jobs in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 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 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA run 2.4% above the national average (2024), so a Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$87,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$59,670 – $102,05090
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$79,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$58,220 – $117,550550
3Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$68,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,000 – $130,990180
4Machinists$66,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,480 – $87,090140
5Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$63,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,240 – $80,66050
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$62,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,150 – $84,480430
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$60,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,640 – $73,920100
8Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$60,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,450 – $66,27040
9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$57,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,990 – $63,39030
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$57,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,760 – $73,92050
11Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators$56,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,780 – $73,97070
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$50,720
No formal educational credential
$37,580 – $62,78060
13Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,630 – $62,11040
14Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$49,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,290 – $62,520190
15Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,650 – $71,11050
16Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$49,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,120 – $63,18090
17Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$48,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,190 – $66,640400
18Slaughterers and Meat Packers$45,090
No formal educational credential
$40,610 – $57,07050
19Bakers$44,220
No formal educational credential
$35,170 – $58,350110
20Helpers--Production Workers$43,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $48,90040
21Food Batchmakers$41,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $57,52070
22Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$38,770
No formal educational credential
$35,050 – $48,980300
23Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$38,060
No formal educational credential
$35,520 – $41,39050

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

#	Occupation	MedianMount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$87,310	$59,670 – $102,050	90
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,630	$58,220 – $117,550	550
3	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,060	$44,000 – $130,990	180
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,280	$50,480 – $87,090	140
5	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,920	$47,240 – $80,660	50
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,800	$49,150 – $84,480	430
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,820	$42,640 – $73,920	100
8	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,130	$47,450 – $66,270	40
9	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,290	$42,990 – $63,390	30
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,110	$38,760 – $73,920	50
11	Fiberglass Laminators and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,850	$45,780 – $73,970	70
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$50,720	$37,580 – $62,780	60
13	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,300	$39,630 – $62,110	40
14	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,590	$36,290 – $62,520	190
15	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,520	$34,650 – $71,110	50
16	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,310	$38,120 – $63,180	90
17	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,940	$40,190 – $66,640	400
18	Slaughterers and Meat PackersNo formal educational credential	$45,090	$40,610 – $57,070	50
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$44,220	$35,170 – $58,350	110
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,340	$36,530 – $48,900	40
21	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,720	$36,250 – $57,520	70
22	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$38,770	$35,050 – $48,980	300
23	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$38,060	$35,520 – $41,390	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. 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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