High paying production jobs in Springfield, OH with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Springfield, 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 Springfield, OH run 9.5% below the national average (2024), so a Springfield, OH salary is worth about 1.11× 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, OH · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$69,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,920 – $87,560350
2Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$67,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,710 – $67,070110
3Tool and Die Makers$60,220
Postsecondary nondegree award
$41,870 – $81,16090
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$56,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,040 – $66,780320
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,520 – $64,200160
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,110 – $66,470220
7Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,830 – $65,1501,710
8Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,560 – $58,13070
9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,350 – $48,560220
10Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $56,54090
11Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,830 – $51,25040
12Sewing Machine Operators$38,190
No formal educational credential
$30,560 – $42,90040
13Machinists$37,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $65,270310
14Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,050
No formal educational credential
$27,080 – $47,53050
15Food Batchmakers$36,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,350 – $46,14070
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$36,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,310 – $43,490320
17Helpers--Production Workers$35,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,120 – $43,92040
18Production Workers, All Other$32,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,370 – $44,68090
19Bakers$31,200
No formal educational credential
$24,340 – $36,280110
20Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$27,870
No formal educational credential
$24,960 – $65,40060

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

#	Occupation	MedianSpringfield, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,760	$46,920 – $87,560	350
2	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,070	$35,710 – $67,070	110
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,220	$41,870 – $81,160	90
4	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,310	$35,040 – $66,780	320
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,010	$37,520 – $64,200	160
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,780	$39,110 – $66,470	220
7	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,730	$33,830 – $65,150	1,710
8	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,000	$37,560 – $58,130	70
9	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,840	$27,350 – $48,560	220
10	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,270	$33,330 – $56,540	90
11	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,440	$33,830 – $51,250	40
12	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$38,190	$30,560 – $42,900	40
13	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,380	$31,200 – $65,270	310
14	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,050	$27,080 – $47,530	50
15	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,820	$26,350 – $46,140	70
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,310	$36,310 – $43,490	320
17	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,630	$32,120 – $43,920	40
18	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,480	$27,370 – $44,680	90
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$24,340 – $36,280	110
20	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$27,870	$24,960 – $65,400	60

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