High paying production jobs in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA 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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA run 12.3% below the national average (2024), so a Brunswick-St. Simons, GA salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Brunswick-St. Simons, GA · Employed

1Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$62,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,600 – $77,35070
2Machinists$51,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,000 – $67,63040
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $61,93080
4Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,270 – $73,92060
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$44,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,190 – $57,66050
6Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$43,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $57,400130
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$42,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,060 – $56,13090
8Butchers and Meat Cutters$40,200
No formal educational credential
$23,330 – $44,14040
9Production Workers, All Other$37,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $80,810190
10Helpers--Production Workers$37,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,830 – $59,40040
11Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$34,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,700 – $48,260170
12Bakers$33,210
No formal educational credential
$21,620 – $43,28080
13Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$29,400
No formal educational credential
$22,710 – $34,79090

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

#	Occupation	MedianBrunswick-St. Simons, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,900	$35,600 – $77,350	70
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,670	$40,000 – $67,630	40
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,380	$38,650 – $61,930	80
4	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,640	$30,270 – $73,920	60
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,930	$37,190 – $57,660	50
6	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,660	$33,330 – $57,400	130
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,920	$30,060 – $56,130	90
8	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$40,200	$23,330 – $44,140	40
9	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,970	$27,040 – $80,810	190
10	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,940	$30,830 – $59,400	40
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,570	$30,700 – $48,260	170
12	BakersNo formal educational credential	$33,210	$21,620 – $43,280	80
13	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,400	$22,710 – $34,790	90

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