High paying production jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX run 1.9% below the national average (2024), so a Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX salary is worth about 1.02× 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, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$61,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,730 – $77,970850
2Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,420 – $76,0602,210
3Machinists$59,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,740 – $77,6501,210
4Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$52,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,370 – $70,390830
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,370 – $97,2604,100
6Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $77,740780
7Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $61,170430
8Butchers and Meat Cutters$45,060
No formal educational credential
$28,020 – $57,300780
9Printing Press Operators$44,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,030 – $59,680830
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$43,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,630 – $59,870450
11Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$42,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,000 – $56,220970
12Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$42,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,830 – $58,8602,110
13Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$41,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,340 – $76,410840
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,920 – $54,1106,220
15Production Workers, All Other$39,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,660 – $59,8601,660
16Helpers--Production Workers$38,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,550 – $49,7501,150
17Food Batchmakers$37,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,100 – $57,120480
18Bakers$35,840
No formal educational credential
$28,290 – $46,7401,600
19Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$32,720
No formal educational credential
$26,520 – $38,5101,240

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

#	Occupation	MedianAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,610	$45,730 – $77,970	850
2	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,040	$39,420 – $76,060	2,210
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,030	$41,740 – $77,650	1,210
4	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,360	$37,370 – $70,390	830
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,260	$31,370 – $97,260	4,100
6	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,640	$35,980 – $77,740	780
7	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,470	$36,490 – $61,170	430
8	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$45,060	$28,020 – $57,300	780
9	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,030	$35,030 – $59,680	830
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,990	$33,630 – $59,870	450
11	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,070	$31,000 – $56,220	970
12	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,000	$35,830 – $58,860	2,110
13	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,820	$37,340 – $76,410	840
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,850	$30,920 – $54,110	6,220
15	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,190	$31,660 – $59,860	1,660
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,870	$29,550 – $49,750	1,150
17	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,670	$28,100 – $57,120	480
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,840	$28,290 – $46,740	1,600
19	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,720	$26,520 – $38,510	1,240

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. 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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