High paying production jobs in Williamsport, PA with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Williamsport, PA 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 Williamsport, PA run 7.7% below the national average (2024), so a Williamsport, PA salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Williamsport, PA · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$70,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,460 – $95,060350
2Machinists$58,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,190 – $72,96080
3Food Batchmakers$57,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,280 – $64,610100
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$57,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,040 – $70,62050
5Tool and Die Makers$49,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,740 – $75,01060
6Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$48,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,680 – $64,610210
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $69,390160
8Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,420 – $60,90080
9Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,170 – $59,11080
10Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,890 – $59,460150
11Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,360 – $59,04090
12Printing Press Operators$46,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,570 – $64,16070
13Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$46,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,320 – $70,810140
14Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,030 – $58,970190
15Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,160 – $45,410170
16Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$43,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,060 – $62,560310
17Production Workers, All Other$39,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,470 – $56,530200
18Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$39,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,470 – $62,40060
19Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,050 – $56,980910
20Helpers--Production Workers$38,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,210 – $58,55060
21Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$37,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,330 – $55,97090
22Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$37,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,140 – $58,99030
23Bakers$35,690
No formal educational credential
$21,930 – $49,45090
24Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$31,520
No formal educational credential
$25,310 – $38,42080
25Sewing Machine Operators$29,260
No formal educational credential
$23,910 – $39,36030

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

#	Occupation	MedianWilliamsport, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,120	$47,460 – $95,060	350
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,250	$38,190 – $72,960	80
3	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,630	$43,280 – $64,610	100
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,090	$40,040 – $70,620	50
5	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,910	$37,740 – $75,010	60
6	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,200	$35,680 – $64,610	210
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,130	$37,980 – $69,390	160
8	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,380	$42,420 – $60,900	80
9	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,060	$30,170 – $59,110	80
10	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,930	$32,890 – $59,460	150
11	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,910	$31,360 – $59,040	90
12	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,570	$31,570 – $64,160	70
13	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,380	$38,320 – $70,810	140
14	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,270	$34,030 – $58,970	190
15	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,090	$30,160 – $45,410	170
16	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,020	$31,060 – $62,560	310
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,940	$31,470 – $56,530	200
18	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,630	$32,470 – $62,400	60
19	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,750	$32,050 – $56,980	910
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,530	$31,210 – $58,550	60
21	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,550	$35,330 – $55,970	90
22	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,240	$31,140 – $58,990	30
23	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,690	$21,930 – $49,450	90
24	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,520	$25,310 – $38,420	80
25	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$29,260	$23,910 – $39,360	30

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