High paying production jobs in Redding, CA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Redding, 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 Redding, CA run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Redding, CA salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Redding, CA · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$77,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,560 – $101,81090
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$71,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,000 – $145,960160
3Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$61,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,690 – $96,07040
4Machinists$55,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,780 – $134,75060
5Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$53,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,620 – $76,76050
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,070 – $77,860100
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$51,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,940 – $85,470100
8Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$50,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,130 – $55,270160
9Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$50,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,410 – $70,72070
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,560 – $67,590250
11Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$46,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,550 – $60,69060
12Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,060 – $77,07060
13Helpers--Production Workers$46,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,280 – $49,22060
14Butchers and Meat Cutters$44,540
No formal educational credential
$34,690 – $62,61080
15Production Workers, All Other$39,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,580 – $50,61090
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $48,59050
17Bakers$37,140
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $51,640100
18Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,130
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $44,68050

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

#	Occupation	MedianRedding, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,550	$46,560 – $101,810	90
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,610	$45,000 – $145,960	160
3	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,690	$51,690 – $96,070	40
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,260	$38,780 – $134,750	60
5	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,330	$37,620 – $76,760	50
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,450	$39,070 – $77,860	100
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,690	$38,940 – $85,470	100
8	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,630	$35,130 – $55,270	160
9	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,440	$38,410 – $70,720	70
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,770	$35,560 – $67,590	250
11	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,690	$38,550 – $60,690	60
12	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,670	$37,060 – $77,070	60
13	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,340	$35,280 – $49,220	60
14	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$44,540	$34,690 – $62,610	80
15	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,370	$34,580 – $50,610	90
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,560	$34,320 – $48,590	50
17	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,140	$34,320 – $51,640	100
18	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,130	$34,320 – $44,680	50

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