High paying production jobs in Stockton-Lodi, CA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Stockton-Lodi, CA 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 Stockton-Lodi, CA run 5.1% above the national average (2024), so a Stockton-Lodi, CA salary is worth about 0.95× 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, Stockton-Lodi, CA · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$81,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$57,230 – $117,470280
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,280 – $110,5801,040
3Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$59,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,180 – $61,76090
4Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$58,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,900 – $74,030240
5Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$54,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,180 – $74,590140
6Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$53,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,180 – $84,550430
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$51,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,600 – $74,280740
8Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$51,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $64,480240
9Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,870 – $78,020200
10Machinists$50,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $76,640220
11Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,050 – $65,760120
12Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,470 – $60,050240
13Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $65,570200
14Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,980 – $70,3201,340
15Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,700 – $63,800170
16Helpers--Production Workers$47,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,100 – $60,450380
17Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $61,440230
18Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,030 – $67,980100
19Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,110 – $59,2702,130
20Printing Press Operators$46,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,430 – $58,96090
21Butchers and Meat Cutters$46,000
No formal educational credential
$35,890 – $64,740360
22Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$45,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,770 – $65,320160
23Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$45,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,710 – $54,080140
24Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,570 – $62,0801,640
25Food Batchmakers$44,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,050 – $60,770240
26Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders$44,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,470 – $56,99090
27Slaughterers and Meat Packers$44,490
No formal educational credential
$35,120 – $53,680210
28Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $62,120100
29Bakers$43,760
No formal educational credential
$36,120 – $53,860490
30Sewing Machine Operators$43,500
No formal educational credential
$34,880 – $49,620120
31Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$37,060
No formal educational credential
$35,660 – $42,990360
32Production Workers, All Other$36,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $48,320880
33Food Processing Workers, All Other$36,420
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $46,000100
34Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$36,290
No formal educational credential
$34,530 – $45,780120

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

#	Occupation	MedianStockton-Lodi, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,600	$57,230 – $117,470	280
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,780	$48,280 – $110,580	1,040
3	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,460	$44,180 – $61,760	90
4	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,850	$42,900 – $74,030	240
5	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,200	$38,180 – $74,590	140
6	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,940	$40,180 – $84,550	430
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,480	$41,600 – $74,280	740
8	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,120	$36,860 – $64,480	240
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,020	$36,870 – $78,020	200
10	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,920	$36,040 – $76,640	220
11	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,860	$40,050 – $65,760	120
12	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,540	$37,470 – $60,050	240
13	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,100	$37,090 – $65,570	200
14	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,020	$36,980 – $70,320	1,340
15	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,720	$37,700 – $63,800	170
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,320	$36,100 – $60,450	380
17	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,120	$38,020 – $61,440	230
18	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,480	$38,030 – $67,980	100
19	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,370	$37,110 – $59,270	2,130
20	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,110	$36,430 – $58,960	90
21	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$46,000	$35,890 – $64,740	360
22	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,670	$40,770 – $65,320	160
23	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,630	$37,710 – $54,080	140
24	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,500	$35,570 – $62,080	1,640
25	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,580	$36,050 – $60,770	240
26	Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,520	$39,470 – $56,990	90
27	Slaughterers and Meat PackersNo formal educational credential	$44,490	$35,120 – $53,680	210
28	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,160	$36,070 – $62,120	100
29	BakersNo formal educational credential	$43,760	$36,120 – $53,860	490
30	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$43,500	$34,880 – $49,620	120
31	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,060	$35,660 – $42,990	360
32	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,860	$34,740 – $48,320	880
33	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$36,420	$34,320 – $46,000	100
34	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$36,290	$34,530 – $45,780	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Stockton-Lodi, CA. 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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