High paying production jobs in Sandusky, OH with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Sandusky, OH 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 Sandusky, OH run 10.7% below the national average (2024), so a Sandusky, OH salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Sandusky, OH · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,210 – $100,180340
2Tool and Die Makers$65,460
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,140 – $80,49040
3Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$65,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,640 – $66,58030
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$62,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,190 – $74,55070
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$61,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,060 – $85,760300
6Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$57,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,990 – $71,750100
7Machinists$57,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $72,770170
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$56,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,830 – $70,410310
9Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$56,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $60,430120
10Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$54,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,600 – $80,580200
11Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,880 – $63,79070
12Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,120 – $60,020200
13Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $66,47090
14Production Workers, All Other$46,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,420 – $62,98040
15Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $57,850860
16Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $64,70070
17Food Batchmakers$42,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $56,76030
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $59,04080
19Printing Press Operators$40,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,140 – $54,76070
20Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,460
No formal educational credential
$25,490 – $49,63060
21Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders$37,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $64,80030
22Bakers$35,420
No formal educational credential
$24,290 – $47,25090
23Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$29,850
No formal educational credential
$26,880 – $38,87080

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

#	Occupation	MedianSandusky, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,120	$50,210 – $100,180	340
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$65,460	$46,140 – $80,490	40
3	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,240	$51,640 – $66,580	30
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,790	$46,190 – $74,550	70
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,360	$40,060 – $85,760	300
6	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,240	$36,990 – $71,750	100
7	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,170	$36,960 – $72,770	170
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,750	$37,830 – $70,410	310
9	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,670	$37,260 – $60,430	120
10	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,770	$39,600 – $80,580	200
11	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,550	$36,880 – $63,790	70
12	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,900	$38,120 – $60,020	200
13	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,930	$37,280 – $66,470	90
14	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,900	$31,420 – $62,980	40
15	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,720	$35,720 – $57,850	860
16	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,260	$35,170 – $64,700	70
17	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,220	$33,330 – $56,760	30
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$37,010 – $59,040	80
19	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,130	$31,140 – $54,760	70
20	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,460	$25,490 – $49,630	60
21	Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,220	$37,220 – $64,800	30
22	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,420	$24,290 – $47,250	90
23	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,850	$26,880 – $38,870	80

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