High paying production jobs in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL run 2.3% below the national average (2024), so a Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$63,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,470 – $102,420480
2Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$58,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,380 – $67,860190
3Dental Laboratory Technicians$52,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,600 – $73,28080
4Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,310 – $77,95080
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$50,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,580 – $89,420370
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$49,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $73,040160
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,920 – $64,500250
8Machinists$47,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $70,250110
9Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,350 – $99,18090
10Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$45,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,740 – $56,11060
11Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$42,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,770 – $52,80090
12Printing Press Operators$40,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,560 – $58,16080
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,510 – $57,810720
14Butchers and Meat Cutters$39,940
No formal educational credential
$28,820 – $48,570210
15Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,960 – $54,92080
16Production Workers, All Other$36,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $88,130130
17Sewing Machine Operators$35,180
No formal educational credential
$31,850 – $48,940120
18Bakers$33,080
No formal educational credential
$27,040 – $44,250180
19Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,620
No formal educational credential
$28,390 – $34,640570

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

#	Occupation	MedianPensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,990	$43,470 – $102,420	480
2	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,770	$37,380 – $67,860	190
3	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,880	$35,600 – $73,280	80
4	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,290	$33,310 – $77,950	80
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,950	$34,580 – $89,420	370
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,540	$38,340 – $73,040	160
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,370	$37,920 – $64,500	250
8	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,360	$36,720 – $70,250	110
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,290	$36,350 – $99,180	90
10	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,470	$35,740 – $56,110	60
11	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,070	$34,770 – $52,800	90
12	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,000	$28,560 – $58,160	80
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,950	$30,510 – $57,810	720
14	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$39,940	$28,820 – $48,570	210
15	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$28,960 – $54,920	80
16	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,290	$27,040 – $88,130	130
17	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$35,180	$31,850 – $48,940	120
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$33,080	$27,040 – $44,250	180
19	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,620	$28,390 – $34,640	570

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL. 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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