High paying production jobs in Valdosta, GA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Valdosta, GA 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 Valdosta, GA run 11.7% below the national average (2024), so a Valdosta, GA salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Valdosta, GA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$63,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,020 – $92,910380
2Machinists$48,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,420 – $67,65050
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,450 – $61,200180
4Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$45,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,700 – $64,21050
5Helpers--Production Workers$44,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,090 – $58,84040
6Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$43,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,320 – $55,500140
7Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$42,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,560 – $51,69070
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$42,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,110 – $59,420290
9Production Workers, All Other$38,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,240 – $72,120250
10Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,440
No formal educational credential
$27,980 – $52,64050
11Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$38,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,490 – $46,00030
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,520 – $55,10070
13Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$37,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,860 – $54,38030
14Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$36,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $50,310160
15Printing Press Operators$36,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,410 – $49,05030
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$34,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,290 – $44,040260
17Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$33,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,660 – $40,60070
18Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$30,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,410 – $41,69060
19Food Processing Workers, All Other$28,550
No formal educational credential
$24,550 – $37,55040
20Bakers$27,580
No formal educational credential
$20,630 – $38,890120

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

#	Occupation	MedianValdosta, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,510	$42,020 – $92,910	380
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,710	$35,420 – $67,650	50
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$38,450 – $61,200	180
4	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,390	$35,700 – $64,210	50
5	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,350	$28,090 – $58,840	40
6	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,990	$33,320 – $55,500	140
7	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,440	$30,560 – $51,690	70
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,000	$34,110 – $59,420	290
9	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,650	$27,240 – $72,120	250
10	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,440	$27,980 – $52,640	50
11	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,340	$37,490 – $46,000	30
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,320	$31,520 – $55,100	70
13	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,960	$32,860 – $54,380	30
14	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,500	$27,040 – $50,310	160
15	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,400	$27,410 – $49,050	30
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,320	$29,290 – $44,040	260
17	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,820	$30,660 – $40,600	70
18	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,310	$28,410 – $41,690	60
19	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$28,550	$24,550 – $37,550	40
20	BakersNo formal educational credential	$27,580	$20,630 – $38,890	120

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