High paying production jobs in Springfield, MA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Springfield, MA 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 Springfield, MA run 3.9% below the national average (2024), so a Springfield, MA salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Springfield, MA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$78,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,110 – $101,3001,060
2Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$75,830
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,990 – $91,47080
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$66,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,250 – $85,220160
4Machinists$63,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,670 – $79,940920
5Tool and Die Makers$62,620
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,290 – $77,650150
6Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$62,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $80,28080
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$60,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,170 – $78,390400
8Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$59,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,560 – $77,270100
9Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$56,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,290 – $73,330220
10Printing Press Operators$55,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,090 – $71,490270
11Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$52,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,780 – $79,700350
12Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,580 – $64,65070
13Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $67,000750
14Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,740 – $66,570270
15Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$48,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,970 – $77,20080
16Prepress Technicians and Workers$48,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,780 – $70,99070
17Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers$48,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $73,35070
18Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,020 – $59,400340
19Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,880 – $59,380180
20Butchers and Meat Cutters$45,800
No formal educational credential
$36,920 – $62,920100
21Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,240 – $60,950300
22Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $66,820160
23Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $56,290890
24Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$44,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,680 – $59,220340
25Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,010 – $73,510150
26Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$44,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,430 – $64,230280
27Helpers--Production Workers$43,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $53,560150
28Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,190 – $59,120340
29Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,450 – $60,950280
30Print Binding and Finishing Workers$39,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,870 – $59,120160
31Food Batchmakers$38,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,470 – $57,220180
32Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$38,050
No formal educational credential
$31,680 – $47,05080
33Bakers$37,250
No formal educational credential
$31,960 – $48,200360
34Production Workers, All Other$36,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $62,530150
35Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,090
No formal educational credential
$31,680 – $38,050190

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

#	Occupation	MedianSpringfield, MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,210	$52,110 – $101,300	1,060
2	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$75,830	$49,990 – $91,470	80
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,200	$50,250 – $85,220	160
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,090	$45,670 – $79,940	920
5	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,620	$46,290 – $77,650	150
6	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,280	$37,950 – $80,280	80
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,200	$41,170 – $78,390	400
8	Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,030	$43,560 – $77,270	100
9	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,010	$40,290 – $73,330	220
10	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,740	$39,090 – $71,490	270
11	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,660	$38,780 – $79,700	350
12	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,110	$41,580 – $64,650	70
13	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,420	$38,650 – $67,000	750
14	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,260	$35,740 – $66,570	270
15	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,850	$35,970 – $77,200	80
16	Prepress Technicians and WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,510	$42,780 – $70,990	70
17	Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,350	$31,200 – $73,350	70
18	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,350	$39,020 – $59,400	340
19	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,920	$38,880 – $59,380	180
20	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$45,800	$36,920 – $62,920	100
21	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,470	$42,240 – $60,950	300
22	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,000	$34,930 – $66,820	160
23	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,880	$37,280 – $56,290	890
24	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,550	$36,680 – $59,220	340
25	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,450	$38,010 – $73,510	150
26	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,070	$35,430 – $64,230	280
27	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,940	$37,240 – $53,560	150
28	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,920	$35,190 – $59,120	340
29	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,560	$36,450 – $60,950	280
30	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,420	$32,870 – $59,120	160
31	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,420	$31,470 – $57,220	180
32	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$38,050	$31,680 – $47,050	80
33	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,250	$31,960 – $48,200	360
34	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,010	$31,200 – $62,530	150
35	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,090	$31,680 – $38,050	190

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