High paying production jobs in Twin Falls, ID with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Twin Falls, ID 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 Twin Falls, ID run 7.9% below the national average (2024), so a Twin Falls, ID salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Twin Falls, ID · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$70,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,870 – $96,450340
2Dental Laboratory Technicians$59,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,730 – $96,08030
3Machinists$57,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,900 – $78,56050
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$56,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,460 – $76,250100
5Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,270 – $62,740120
6Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$51,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $61,210950
7Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders$47,210
No formal educational credential
$38,900 – $52,55040
8Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$46,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,150 – $63,710130
9Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$45,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $68,690290
10Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $47,990110
11Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,710 – $52,930370
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $58,82050
13Food Batchmakers$43,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,650 – $65,350360
14Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,370 – $53,500110
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,530
No formal educational credential
$29,330 – $45,070230
16Production Workers, All Other$37,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,900 – $55,730120
17Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $50,54070
18Bakers$31,360
No formal educational credential
$20,800 – $41,860200
19Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$22,380
No formal educational credential
$22,380 – $38,390120

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

#	Occupation	MedianTwin Falls, ID	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,890	$47,870 – $96,450	340
2	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,390	$39,730 – $96,080	30
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,050	$37,900 – $78,560	50
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,520	$40,460 – $76,250	100
5	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,160	$48,270 – $62,740	120
6	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,430	$36,620 – $61,210	950
7	Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and TendersNo formal educational credential	$47,210	$38,900 – $52,550	40
8	Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,010	$38,150 – $63,710	130
9	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,550	$37,680 – $68,690	290
10	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,420	$37,320 – $47,990	110
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,140	$34,710 – $52,930	370
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,070	$37,440 – $58,820	50
13	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,090	$37,650 – $65,350	360
14	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,690	$33,370 – $53,500	110
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,530	$29,330 – $45,070	230
16	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,480	$32,900 – $55,730	120
17	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,510	$35,720 – $50,540	70
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$31,360	$20,800 – $41,860	200
19	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$22,380	$22,380 – $38,390	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Twin Falls, ID. 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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