High paying production jobs in Muncie, IN with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Muncie, IN 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 Muncie, IN run 11.9% below the national average (2024), so a Muncie, IN salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Muncie, IN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$72,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,500 – $104,070230
2Tool and Die Makers$61,310
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,590 – $76,02060
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$53,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,060 – $67,700200
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$49,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,280 – $65,86070
5Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$49,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,670 – $74,55050
6Machinists$48,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,730 – $65,150150
7Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,930 – $53,510140
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,110 – $65,680230
9Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $67,200110
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,640 – $56,130600
11Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$43,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,520 – $59,500200
12Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,280 – $56,77050
13Printing Press Operators$35,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,790 – $48,22080
14Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$35,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,810 – $42,22060
15Helpers--Production Workers$29,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,540 – $50,32050
16Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,610
No formal educational credential
$24,110 – $35,63040

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

#	Occupation	MedianMuncie, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,210	$45,500 – $104,070	230
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,310	$45,590 – $76,020	60
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,340	$44,060 – $67,700	200
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,750	$39,280 – $65,860	70
5	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,670	$49,670 – $74,550	50
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,360	$27,730 – $65,150	150
7	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,010	$32,930 – $53,510	140
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,670	$30,110 – $65,680	230
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$35,720 – $67,200	110
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,260	$34,640 – $56,130	600
11	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,140	$37,520 – $59,500	200
12	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,050	$34,280 – $56,770	50
13	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,750	$33,790 – $48,220	80
14	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,260	$27,810 – $42,220	60
15	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,540	$29,540 – $50,320	50
16	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,610	$24,110 – $35,630	40

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