High paying production jobs in Spartanburg, SC with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Spartanburg, SC 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 Spartanburg, SC run 8.9% below the national average (2024), so a Spartanburg, SC salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Spartanburg, SC · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$92,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,340 – $97,6702,380
2Chemical Plant and System Operators$68,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,170 – $72,000100
3Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$61,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,690 – $74,27090
4Tool and Die Makers$61,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,580 – $80,990180
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$61,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,500 – $77,340250
6Machinists$60,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,640 – $74,700420
7Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$59,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,860 – $74,28011,790
8Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$58,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,530 – $76,420430
9Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$55,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,830 – $64,730190
10Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$52,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,530 – $74,780160
11Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$51,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $63,04080
12Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $61,760110
13Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,680 – $65,850200
14Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,130 – $65,510710
15Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$49,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,490 – $59,74080
16Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$49,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,530 – $63,59090
17Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,040 – $69,2801,530
18Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$48,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,350 – $56,860940
19Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,980 – $74,040510
20Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers$48,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,040 – $48,100100
21Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,050 – $59,050310
22Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $67,470710
23Printing Press Operators$46,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,550 – $61,270170
24Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders$45,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,250 – $58,35070
25Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$44,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,630 – $57,11060
26Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,050 – $58,940540
27Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $50,330780
28Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$40,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,050 – $49,770260
29Sewing Machine Operators$38,530
No formal educational credential
$30,040 – $50,380560
30Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $50,620410
31Helpers--Production Workers$38,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,830 – $48,570240
32Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,140
No formal educational credential
$30,160 – $48,620120
33Production Workers, All Other$38,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,770 – $65,640100
34Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other$37,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,210 – $48,210130
35Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$37,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,060 – $50,25070
36Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$36,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,830 – $50,050210
37Bakers$34,820
No formal educational credential
$26,350 – $44,780220
38Food Batchmakers$34,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,840 – $48,11070
39Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,590
No formal educational credential
$24,520 – $38,480200

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

#	Occupation	MedianSpartanburg, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$92,070	$53,340 – $97,670	2,380
2	Chemical Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,810	$48,170 – $72,000	100
3	Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,940	$47,690 – $74,270	90
4	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,420	$35,580 – $80,990	180
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,240	$40,500 – $77,340	250
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,060	$42,640 – $74,700	420
7	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,300	$37,860 – $74,280	11,790
8	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,170	$44,530 – $76,420	430
9	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,080	$45,830 – $64,730	190
10	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,810	$42,530 – $74,780	160
11	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,500	$35,250 – $63,040	80
12	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,110	$38,020 – $61,760	110
13	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,910	$35,680 – $65,850	200
14	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,820	$40,130 – $65,510	710
15	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,690	$44,490 – $59,740	80
16	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,550	$38,530 – $63,590	90
17	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,160	$35,040 – $69,280	1,530
18	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,990	$39,350 – $56,860	940
19	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,370	$40,980 – $74,040	510
20	Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass FibersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,100	$46,040 – $48,100	100
21	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,310	$38,050 – $59,050	310
22	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,530	$36,230 – $67,470	710
23	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,100	$28,550 – $61,270	170
24	Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,290	$35,250 – $58,350	70
25	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,560	$31,630 – $57,110	60
26	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,260	$36,050 – $58,940	540
27	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,300	$37,580 – $50,330	780
28	Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,280	$33,050 – $49,770	260
29	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$38,530	$30,040 – $50,380	560
30	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,330	$33,280 – $50,620	410
31	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,320	$27,830 – $48,570	240
32	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,140	$30,160 – $48,620	120
33	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,100	$31,770 – $65,640	100
34	Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,550	$29,210 – $48,210	130
35	Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,300	$29,060 – $50,250	70
36	Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,700	$33,830 – $50,050	210
37	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,820	$26,350 – $44,780	220
38	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,190	$29,840 – $48,110	70
39	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,590	$24,520 – $38,480	200

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