High paying production jobs in New Haven, CT with no degree

The best paid production occupations in New Haven, CT 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 New Haven, CT run 4.6% above the national average (2024), so a New Haven, CT salary is worth about 0.96× 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, New Haven, CT · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$80,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,310 – $97,260130
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$78,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,660 – $107,3301,060
3Tool and Die Makers$77,410
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,730 – $98,670230
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$61,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,720 – $84,950180
5Machinists$59,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,940 – $82,630410
6Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$58,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,120 – $75,060130
7Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$58,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,630 – $77,280110
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$55,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $74,360260
9Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,740 – $78,61090
10Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$50,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $78,040930
11Helpers--Production Workers$49,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $59,130320
12Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $61,180280
13Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,080 – $73,170260
14Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $60,990200
15Prepress Technicians and Workers$48,040
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,790 – $91,280130
16Print Binding and Finishing Workers$47,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $62,580150
17Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $61,270590
18Printing Press Operators$47,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,900 – $67,250330
19Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,480 – $63,880310
20Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $71,440120
21Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $61,9001,950
22Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,910 – $59,000770
23Butchers and Meat Cutters$45,120
No formal educational credential
$37,190 – $58,450150
24Production Workers, All Other$41,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,550 – $63,290470
25Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,180 – $47,840230
26Food Batchmakers$38,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,900 – $47,660330
27Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$37,550
No formal educational credential
$34,360 – $42,710320
28Bakers$35,040
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $47,360660

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

#	Occupation	MedianNew Haven, CT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,130	$62,310 – $97,260	130
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,770	$49,660 – $107,330	1,060
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$77,410	$47,730 – $98,670	230
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,630	$38,720 – $84,950	180
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,780	$40,940 – $82,630	410
6	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,760	$39,120 – $75,060	130
7	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,490	$38,630 – $77,280	110
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,520	$38,340 – $74,360	260
9	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,930	$41,740 – $78,610	90
10	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,060	$39,000 – $78,040	930
11	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,900	$36,860 – $59,130	320
12	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,590	$39,900 – $61,180	280
13	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,490	$39,080 – $73,170	260
14	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,570	$36,910 – $60,990	200
15	Prepress Technicians and WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,040	$34,790 – $91,280	130
16	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,700	$36,250 – $62,580	150
17	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,560	$35,660 – $61,270	590
18	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,390	$38,900 – $67,250	330
19	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$37,480 – $63,880	310
20	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,070	$36,080 – $71,440	120
21	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$36,410 – $61,900	1,950
22	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,310	$35,910 – $59,000	770
23	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$45,120	$37,190 – $58,450	150
24	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,110	$35,550 – $63,290	470
25	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,300	$34,180 – $47,840	230
26	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,100	$34,900 – $47,660	330
27	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,550	$34,360 – $42,710	320
28	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,040	$34,010 – $47,360	660

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in New Haven, CT. 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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