High paying production jobs in Billings, MT with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Billings, MT 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 Billings, MT run 6.5% below the national average (2024), so a Billings, MT salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Billings, MT · Employed

1Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$103,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$78,890 – $108,160380
2Plant and System Operators, All Other$83,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,420 – $83,53050
3Machinists$64,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,760 – $116,970140
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$60,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,720 – $76,88080
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$59,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $109,760120
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$54,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,220 – $76,50040
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,000 – $81,700430
8Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,450 – $64,88040
9Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$48,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $60,62060
10Dental Laboratory Technicians$47,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,570 – $66,67040
11Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,710 – $60,55080
12Helpers--Production Workers$46,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,460 – $49,36040
13Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $61,24060
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $57,530370
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$44,790
No formal educational credential
$34,710 – $70,16080
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$42,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,040 – $52,20050
17Production Workers, All Other$40,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,800 – $58,56040
18Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$39,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,790 – $69,080100
19Bakers$38,490
No formal educational credential
$28,530 – $52,900140
20Food Batchmakers$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $48,56040
21Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$37,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,110 – $58,62030
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,170
No formal educational credential
$30,480 – $44,870200
23Printing Press Operators$36,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,630 – $56,04060

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

#	Occupation	MedianBillings, MT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,110	$78,890 – $108,160	380
2	Plant and System Operators, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$83,530	$61,420 – $83,530	50
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,420	$45,760 – $116,970	140
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,530	$56,720 – $76,880	80
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,680	$34,840 – $109,760	120
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,070	$45,220 – $76,500	40
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,670	$46,000 – $81,700	430
8	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,210	$45,450 – $64,880	40
9	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,610	$37,960 – $60,620	60
10	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,560	$39,570 – $66,670	40
11	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$36,710 – $60,550	80
12	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,260	$36,460 – $49,360	40
13	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,590	$38,090 – $61,240	60
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,340	$36,340 – $57,530	370
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$44,790	$34,710 – $70,160	80
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,540	$32,040 – $52,200	50
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,510	$37,800 – $58,560	40
18	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,150	$34,790 – $69,080	100
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$38,490	$28,530 – $52,900	140
20	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$33,280 – $48,560	40
21	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,140	$22,110 – $58,620	30
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,170	$30,480 – $44,870	200
23	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,160	$33,630 – $56,040	60

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