High paying production jobs in Urban Honolulu, HI with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Urban Honolulu, HI 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 Urban Honolulu, HI run 11.0% above the national average (2024), so a Urban Honolulu, HI salary is worth about 0.90× 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, Urban Honolulu, HI · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$122,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$103,430 – $134,770170
2Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$94,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$71,240 – $130,310270
3Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic$87,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$71,240 – $99,940140
4Machinists$84,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,950 – $104,900250
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$81,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,020 – $100,220430
6Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$77,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,950 – $96,350140
7First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,280 – $124,6001,050
8Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$67,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,900 – $83,450340
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$61,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,940 – $96,220520
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$53,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,850 – $74,640320
11Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,090 – $66,210160
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$49,860
No formal educational credential
$34,860 – $66,190330
13Bakers$47,150
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $64,1801,090
14Production Workers, All Other$45,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,280 – $57,530140
15Printing Press Operators$44,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $63,960270
16Helpers--Production Workers$44,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $62,820140
17Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$39,730
No formal educational credential
$35,470 – $47,600510
18Food Batchmakers$37,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,060 – $50,120240
19Sewing Machine Operators$37,480
No formal educational credential
$31,110 – $58,440210
20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$35,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,200 – $44,990280
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,940
No formal educational credential
$30,310 – $53,1301,080

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

#	Occupation	MedianUrban Honolulu, HI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$122,020	$103,430 – $134,770	170
2	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,900	$71,240 – $130,310	270
3	Layout Workers, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$87,570	$71,240 – $99,940	140
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,410	$55,950 – $104,900	250
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,120	$52,020 – $100,220	430
6	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,560	$55,950 – $96,350	140
7	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,000	$46,280 – $124,600	1,050
8	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,840	$46,900 – $83,450	340
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,630	$35,940 – $96,220	520
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,500	$36,850 – $74,640	320
11	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$43,090 – $66,210	160
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$49,860	$34,860 – $66,190	330
13	BakersNo formal educational credential	$47,150	$32,220 – $64,180	1,090
14	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,300	$32,280 – $57,530	140
15	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,140	$29,120 – $63,960	270
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,020	$37,240 – $62,820	140
17	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$39,730	$35,470 – $47,600	510
18	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,490	$30,060 – $50,120	240
19	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$37,480	$31,110 – $58,440	210
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,020	$30,200 – $44,990	280
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,940	$30,310 – $53,130	1,080

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Urban Honolulu, HI. 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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