High paying production jobs in Wheeling, WV-OH with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Wheeling, WV-OH 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 Wheeling, WV-OH run 11.7% below the national average (2024), so a Wheeling, WV-OH 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, Wheeling, WV-OH · Employed

1Gas Plant Operators$82,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$70,950 – $100,46080
2Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$81,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$81,090 – $91,44050
3First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$64,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,320 – $122,810180
4Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$63,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,710 – $65,45050
5Machinists$58,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,270 – $72,06060
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,670 – $105,400160
7Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$47,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,130 – $73,870140
8Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$47,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,090 – $58,81090
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$44,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,940 – $78,100200
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$35,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,060 – $49,020240
11Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,220
No formal educational credential
$23,540 – $43,69070
12Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,050
No formal educational credential
$23,750 – $36,780120
13Bakers$28,190
No formal educational credential
$22,950 – $37,28090

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

#	Occupation	MedianWheeling, WV-OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Gas Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,720	$70,950 – $100,460	80
2	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,090	$81,090 – $91,440	50
3	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,420	$47,320 – $122,810	180
4	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,040	$47,710 – $65,450	50
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,780	$38,270 – $72,060	60
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$37,670 – $105,400	160
7	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,330	$40,130 – $73,870	140
8	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,190	$36,090 – $58,810	90
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,350	$30,940 – $78,100	200
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,510	$29,060 – $49,020	240
11	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$35,220	$23,540 – $43,690	70
12	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,050	$23,750 – $36,780	120
13	BakersNo formal educational credential	$28,190	$22,950 – $37,280	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Wheeling, WV-OH. 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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