High paying production jobs in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA run 10.5% above the national average (2024), so a Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA salary is worth about 0.90× 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, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$78,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,590 – $104,530320
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,670 – $106,1801,110
3Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$57,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,020 – $75,970620
4Machinists$56,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,320 – $78,420540
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$54,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,690 – $80,120580
6Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$51,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,280 – $74,510150
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$51,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,670 – $75,2101,320
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,440 – $74,720230
9Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$48,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,360 – $64,440140
10Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,570 – $74,690150
11Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $69,710210
12Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,460 – $69,050240
13Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,410 – $62,9601,080
14Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,250 – $61,560110
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$45,890
No formal educational credential
$35,290 – $60,790310
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,150 – $59,5603,120
17Printing Press Operators$44,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,760 – $62,130250
18Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,070 – $62,320220
19Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,660 – $49,610260
20Bakers$41,380
No formal educational credential
$35,750 – $56,380720
21Sewing Machine Operators$39,800
No formal educational credential
$36,020 – $50,780180
22Helpers--Production Workers$39,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $50,290270
23Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$39,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,790 – $52,430850
24Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,510 – $61,950120
25Food Batchmakers$37,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,360 – $46,610190
26Production Workers, All Other$37,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,670 – $49,560740
27Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$37,070
No formal educational credential
$35,360 – $43,850240
28Food Processing Workers, All Other$36,410
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $44,430190
29Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$36,030
No formal educational credential
$34,520 – $46,430160

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

#	Occupation	MedianOxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,350	$50,590 – $104,530	320
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,310	$47,670 – $106,180	1,110
3	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,310	$40,020 – $75,970	620
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,530	$39,320 – $78,420	540
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,560	$40,690 – $80,120	580
6	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,450	$39,280 – $74,510	150
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,240	$38,670 – $75,210	1,320
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,390	$36,440 – $74,720	230
9	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,850	$39,360 – $64,440	140
10	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,570	$40,570 – $74,690	150
11	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,910	$38,340 – $69,710	210
12	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,410	$38,460 – $69,050	240
13	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,070	$37,410 – $62,960	1,080
14	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,030	$38,250 – $61,560	110
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$45,890	$35,290 – $60,790	310
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,310	$37,150 – $59,560	3,120
17	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,890	$36,760 – $62,130	250
18	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,580	$37,070 – $62,320	220
19	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,280	$36,660 – $49,610	260
20	BakersNo formal educational credential	$41,380	$35,750 – $56,380	720
21	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$39,800	$36,020 – $50,780	180
22	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,730	$36,940 – $50,290	270
23	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,580	$34,790 – $52,430	850
24	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,890	$36,510 – $61,950	120
25	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,550	$34,360 – $46,610	190
26	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,470	$34,670 – $49,560	740
27	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,070	$35,360 – $43,850	240
28	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$36,410	$34,320 – $44,430	190
29	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$36,030	$34,520 – $46,430	160

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA. 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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