High paying production jobs in Waterbury-Shelton, CT with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Waterbury-Shelton, CT 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 Waterbury-Shelton, CT run 0.2% below the national average (2024), so a Waterbury-Shelton, CT salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Waterbury-Shelton, CT · Employed

1Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$83,730
Postsecondary nondegree award
$56,410 – $110,38060
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,800 – $109,3101,010
3Tool and Die Makers$76,420
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,080 – $105,260550
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$75,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,500 – $93,410150
5Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$61,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,140 – $75,43090
6Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$59,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,440 – $74,89090
7Machinists$58,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,030 – $76,440650
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$58,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,130 – $75,490390
9Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$57,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $74,13060
10Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,360 – $78,090200
11Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,200 – $71,02060
12Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $60,720140
13Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,010 – $86,000980
14Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,610 – $72,860250
15Printing Press Operators$45,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,990 – $63,100130
16Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,520 – $77,980680
17Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,010 – $62,60060
18Helpers--Production Workers$41,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,730 – $54,170210
19Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,040 – $59,400170
20Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,460 – $63,550490
21Production Workers, All Other$40,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,540 – $57,910200
22Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,540 – $67,360330
23Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,680 – $60,160310
24Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$38,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,240 – $50,720120
25Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $54,5301,410
26Print Binding and Finishing Workers$38,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,500 – $59,67050
27Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,330
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $57,530190
28Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$37,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,920 – $45,61080
29Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,000 – $57,390190
30Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$36,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $48,860150
31Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,770 – $72,150280
32Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,510
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $38,260140
33Bakers$34,080
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $46,030370
34Sewing Machine Operators$34,010
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $50,22090

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

#	Occupation	MedianWaterbury-Shelton, CT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$83,730	$56,410 – $110,380	60
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,600	$46,800 – $109,310	1,010
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$76,420	$47,080 – $105,260	550
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,400	$53,500 – $93,410	150
5	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,910	$39,140 – $75,430	90
6	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,440	$39,440 – $74,890	90
7	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,540	$40,030 – $76,440	650
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,290	$40,130 – $75,490	390
9	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,460	$35,780 – $74,130	60
10	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,710	$37,360 – $78,090	200
11	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,370	$47,200 – $71,020	60
12	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,980	$36,410 – $60,720	140
13	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,560	$36,010 – $86,000	980
14	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,540	$37,610 – $72,860	250
15	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,450	$35,990 – $63,100	130
16	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,230	$35,520 – $77,980	680
17	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,430	$34,010 – $62,600	60
18	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,060	$34,730 – $54,170	210
19	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,050	$35,040 – $59,400	170
20	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,290	$36,460 – $63,550	490
21	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,070	$36,540 – $57,910	200
22	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,680	$35,540 – $67,360	330
23	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,840	$34,680 – $60,160	310
24	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,720	$35,240 – $50,720	120
25	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,210	$34,480 – $54,530	1,410
26	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,110	$35,500 – $59,670	50
27	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,330	$34,010 – $57,530	190
28	Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,290	$36,920 – $45,610	80
29	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,160	$35,000 – $57,390	190
30	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,980	$34,930 – $48,860	150
31	Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,770	$36,770 – $72,150	280
32	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,510	$34,010 – $38,260	140
33	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,080	$34,010 – $46,030	370
34	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$34,010	$34,010 – $50,220	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. 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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