High paying production jobs in Bend, OR with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Bend, OR 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 Bend, OR run 3.6% above the national average (2024), so a Bend, OR salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Bend, OR · Employed

1Machinists$62,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,250 – $74,95090
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$62,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,060 – $86,100100
3Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$60,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,460 – $65,83040
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$56,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,690 – $71,590330
5Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$55,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,240 – $60,78040
6Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$55,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,660 – $59,440280
7Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$55,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,840 – $77,39070
8Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$54,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,900 – $60,30040
9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$53,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,910 – $58,21050
10Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$53,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,920 – $80,29090
11Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,680 – $73,490150
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$51,690
No formal educational credential
$36,700 – $60,15090
13Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,700 – $87,11040
14Sewing Machine Operators$50,830
No formal educational credential
$37,520 – $51,26050
15Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,050 – $74,370160
16Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,570 – $80,300390
17Production Workers, All Other$48,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,570 – $63,89070
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$48,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,260 – $58,080210
19Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$48,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,400 – $60,670140
20Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$48,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,090 – $58,650160
21Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,370 – $63,1101,100
22Printing Press Operators$46,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $58,41070
23Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers$44,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $88,01040
24Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,980 – $66,06090
25Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,460 – $50,16060
26Helpers--Production Workers$41,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,650 – $50,77070
27Bakers$39,190
No formal educational credential
$31,910 – $47,170350
28Food Batchmakers$38,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,480 – $53,43070
29Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,700
No formal educational credential
$35,240 – $47,280130

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

#	Occupation	MedianBend, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,890	$47,250 – $74,950	90
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,310	$50,060 – $86,100	100
3	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,180	$45,460 – $65,830	40
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,910	$47,690 – $71,590	330
5	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,660	$47,240 – $60,780	40
6	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,400	$47,660 – $59,440	280
7	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,310	$44,840 – $77,390	70
8	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,410	$42,900 – $60,300	40
9	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,680	$47,910 – $58,210	50
10	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,320	$43,920 – $80,290	90
11	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$37,680 – $73,490	150
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$51,690	$36,700 – $60,150	90
13	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,920	$40,700 – $87,110	40
14	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$50,830	$37,520 – $51,260	50
15	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,390	$43,050 – $74,370	160
16	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,000	$40,570 – $80,300	390
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,710	$38,570 – $63,890	70
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,510	$39,260 – $58,080	210
19	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,150	$39,400 – $60,670	140
20	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,080	$31,090 – $58,650	160
21	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,060	$41,370 – $63,110	1,100
22	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,870	$36,620 – $58,410	70
23	Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,570	$39,000 – $88,010	40
24	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,360	$35,980 – $66,060	90
25	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,460	$43,460 – $50,160	60
26	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,300	$36,650 – $50,770	70
27	BakersNo formal educational credential	$39,190	$31,910 – $47,170	350
28	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,930	$35,480 – $53,430	70
29	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,700	$35,240 – $47,280	130

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