High paying production jobs in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA run 8.9% below the national average (2024), so a Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA 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, Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$79,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,480 – $105,490380
2Tool and Die Makers$67,130
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,650 – $73,72040
3Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$65,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,050 – $65,79070
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$64,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,860 – $85,360390
5Machinists$60,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,270 – $79,980130
6Printing Press Operators$58,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,140 – $76,57070
7Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$55,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,140 – $61,510130
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$52,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $79,180190
9Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$49,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,920 – $63,44070
10Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,270 – $78,63030
11Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$48,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,920 – $76,94050
12Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,190 – $63,86060
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,020 – $61,430460
14Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,760 – $66,90040
15Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$43,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,060 – $62,01050
16Helpers--Production Workers$43,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,870 – $45,200120
17Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$38,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $50,480100
18Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,190
No formal educational credential
$25,810 – $34,42080

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

#	Occupation	MedianStaunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,460	$41,480 – $105,490	380
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,130	$49,650 – $73,720	40
3	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,790	$39,050 – $65,790	70
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,470	$44,860 – $85,360	390
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,410	$47,270 – $79,980	130
6	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,850	$39,140 – $76,570	70
7	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,790	$41,140 – $61,510	130
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,690	$38,080 – $79,180	190
9	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,600	$48,920 – $63,440	70
10	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,180	$38,270 – $78,630	30
11	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,800	$39,920 – $76,940	50
12	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$38,190 – $63,860	60
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,970	$35,020 – $61,430	460
14	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,230	$34,760 – $66,900	40
15	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,680	$30,060 – $62,010	50
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,210	$39,870 – $45,200	120
17	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,370	$35,860 – $50,480	100
18	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,190	$25,810 – $34,420	80

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA. 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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