High paying production jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA run 6.7% above the national average (2024), so a Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, 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, Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA · Employed

1Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$99,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,620 – $130,670520
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$85,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,970 – $118,3401,010
3First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$78,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,910 – $133,2302,070
4Machinists$57,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $93,410600
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$57,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,220 – $79,9501,530
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$54,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,610 – $86,0101,980
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$52,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,920 – $76,740620
8Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,240 – $80,720350
9Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,870 – $77,940680
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$51,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,440 – $76,270680
11Butchers and Meat Cutters$47,820
No formal educational credential
$35,870 – $61,800940
12Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$47,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,420 – $60,410420
13Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$46,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,750 – $67,5501,130
14Printing Press Operators$46,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $64,420590
15Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $64,0201,140
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,770 – $60,9004,580
17Helpers--Production Workers$44,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,510 – $62,130710
18Bakers$42,910
No formal educational credential
$36,740 – $53,4401,520
19Production Workers, All Other$40,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $61,2301,070
20Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$38,080
No formal educational credential
$35,450 – $44,7201,100
21Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$38,020
No formal educational credential
$35,390 – $47,060400
22Food Batchmakers$37,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $62,710470

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

#	Occupation	MedianSacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$99,840	$47,620 – $130,670	520
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,950	$61,970 – $118,340	1,010
3	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,680	$48,910 – $133,230	2,070
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,900	$38,370 – $93,410	600
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,290	$47,220 – $79,950	1,530
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,450	$40,610 – $86,010	1,980
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,750	$39,920 – $76,740	620
8	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$41,240 – $80,720	350
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,270	$37,870 – $77,940	680
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,020	$40,440 – $76,270	680
11	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$47,820	$35,870 – $61,800	940
12	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,460	$37,420 – $60,410	420
13	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,780	$36,750 – $67,550	1,130
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,440	$37,130 – $64,420	590
15	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,180	$39,520 – $64,020	1,140
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,750	$37,770 – $60,900	4,580
17	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,910	$37,510 – $62,130	710
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$42,910	$36,740 – $53,440	1,520
19	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,900	$35,660 – $61,230	1,070
20	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$38,080	$35,450 – $44,720	1,100
21	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$38,020	$35,390 – $47,060	400
22	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,990	$35,360 – $62,710	470

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, 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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