High paying production jobs in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR with no degree

The best paid production occupations in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR 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.

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

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OccupationMedian, San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$46,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,990 – $93,5402,600
2Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$37,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,470 – $84,3602,330
3Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$36,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,300 – $55,3902,300
4Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians$31,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,150 – $35,120240
5Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$31,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,130 – $46,6502,620
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$30,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,060 – $36,5301,240
7Machinists$29,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,860 – $50,440920
8Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$29,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $39,030970
9Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$28,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $40,710610
10Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$28,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,920 – $49,690500
11Printing Press Operators$26,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $47,960390
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$25,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,370 – $31,2806,420
13Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$23,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $34,840430
14Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$23,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $27,720280
15Production Workers, All Other$23,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,940 – $30,6803,100
16Helpers--Production Workers$22,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $30,400980
17Butchers and Meat Cutters$22,810
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $29,5601,440
18Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$22,780
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $28,020460
19Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$22,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,570 – $30,090910
20Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$22,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $37,810360
21Food Batchmakers$22,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $34,550980
22Bakers$22,400
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $28,3401,530
23Sewing Machine Operators$22,190
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $26,090740
24Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$21,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $35,220320

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,010	$29,990 – $93,540	2,600
2	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,120	$23,470 – $84,360	2,330
3	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,450	$26,300 – $55,390	2,300
4	Ophthalmic Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,670	$23,150 – $35,120	240
5	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,130	$22,130 – $46,650	2,620
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,390	$27,060 – $36,530	1,240
7	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,310	$22,860 – $50,440	920
8	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,220	$21,840 – $39,030	970
9	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,720	$21,840 – $40,710	610
10	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,130	$21,920 – $49,690	500
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,100	$21,840 – $47,960	390
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$25,680	$22,370 – $31,280	6,420
13	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,360	$21,840 – $34,840	430
14	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,330	$21,840 – $27,720	280
15	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,170	$21,940 – $30,680	3,100
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,870	$21,840 – $30,400	980
17	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$22,810	$21,840 – $29,560	1,440
18	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$22,780	$21,840 – $28,020	460
19	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,730	$22,570 – $30,090	910
20	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,680	$21,840 – $37,810	360
21	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,430	$21,840 – $34,550	980
22	BakersNo formal educational credential	$22,400	$21,840 – $28,340	1,530
23	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$22,190	$21,840 – $26,090	740
24	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$21,980	$21,840 – $35,220	320

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR. 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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