High paying production jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA run 6.4% above the national average (2024), so a Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA salary is worth about 0.94× 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, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$82,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,870 – $112,0701,580
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$71,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,910 – $114,3005,150
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,970 – $76,4103,810
4Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,860 – $76,590800
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$49,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,890 – $70,0401,990
6Machinists$49,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $77,5101,810
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $72,6201,210
8Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,290 – $63,530810
9Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $71,890780
10Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$47,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,890 – $59,140590
11Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $58,960660
12Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,110 – $73,120610
13Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,800 – $70,8705,870
14Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,180 – $59,5701,110
15Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$46,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,640 – $62,080690
16Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$46,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,700 – $55,750580
17Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,460 – $58,6401,910
18Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $57,300880
19Printing Press Operators$45,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,280 – $62,020990
20Butchers and Meat Cutters$44,870
No formal educational credential
$35,380 – $59,5301,720
21Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$43,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,080 – $59,4904,080
22Helpers--Production Workers$43,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $59,8901,990
23Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,200 – $60,000830
24Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,640 – $58,07010,880
25Bakers$41,790
No formal educational credential
$36,030 – $50,1302,900
26Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$40,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,950 – $62,2301,780
27Food Processing Workers, All Other$40,530
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $48,430560
28Production Workers, All Other$39,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $61,5503,090
29Sewing Machine Operators$39,570
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $47,690730
30Food Batchmakers$38,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,220 – $51,8901,190
31Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$37,050
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $42,8501,820
32Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$36,080
No formal educational credential
$35,190 – $44,450900

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

#	Occupation	MedianRiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,780	$56,870 – $112,070	1,580
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$71,180	$45,910 – $114,300	5,150
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,050	$43,970 – $76,410	3,810
4	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,150	$37,860 – $76,590	800
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,460	$38,890 – $70,040	1,990
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,440	$35,980 – $77,510	1,810
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,320	$36,940 – $72,620	1,210
8	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$39,290 – $63,530	810
9	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,420	$38,020 – $71,890	780
10	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,370	$36,890 – $59,140	590
11	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,300	$37,790 – $58,960	660
12	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,280	$37,110 – $73,120	610
13	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,140	$37,800 – $70,870	5,870
14	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,980	$36,180 – $59,570	1,110
15	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,260	$42,640 – $62,080	690
16	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,200	$37,700 – $55,750	580
17	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,570	$35,460 – $58,640	1,910
18	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,170	$37,680 – $57,300	880
19	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,030	$36,280 – $62,020	990
20	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$44,870	$35,380 – $59,530	1,720
21	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,780	$35,080 – $59,490	4,080
22	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,210	$36,110 – $59,890	1,990
23	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,130	$35,200 – $60,000	830
24	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,120	$35,640 – $58,070	10,880
25	BakersNo formal educational credential	$41,790	$36,030 – $50,130	2,900
26	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,740	$34,950 – $62,230	1,780
27	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$40,530	$34,320 – $48,430	560
28	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,690	$34,320 – $61,550	3,090
29	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$39,570	$34,320 – $47,690	730
30	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,830	$35,220 – $51,890	1,190
31	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,050	$34,320 – $42,850	1,820
32	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$36,080	$35,190 – $44,450	900

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, 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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