High paying production jobs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL run 2.3% above the national average (2024), so a Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL · Employed

1Dental Laboratory Technicians$78,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,520 – $78,010110
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$58,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,470 – $79,690370
3Machinists$54,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,590 – $73,120170
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,040 – $71,040580
5Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $59,980120
6Butchers and Meat Cutters$45,470
No formal educational credential
$31,670 – $49,160420
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,650 – $72,050160
8Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$44,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $58,150280
9Printing Press Operators$44,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $60,960140
10Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$44,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,560 – $70,290400
11Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$42,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $57,040150
12Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$41,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,400 – $60,850120
13Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$40,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,080 – $58,290100
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,250 – $54,120840
15Production Workers, All Other$37,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,600 – $57,740160
16Helpers--Production Workers$37,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,980 – $51,110110
17Bakers$37,540
No formal educational credential
$29,350 – $45,780370
18Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators$36,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,480 – $56,140100
19Sewing Machine Operators$36,240
No formal educational credential
$28,510 – $51,620120
20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$35,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,340 – $50,060150
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$31,690
No formal educational credential
$29,280 – $36,840330

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

#	Occupation	MedianCape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,010	$48,520 – $78,010	110
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,350	$42,470 – $79,690	370
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,840	$40,590 – $73,120	170
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,410	$43,040 – $71,040	580
5	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$35,900 – $59,980	120
6	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$45,470	$31,670 – $49,160	420
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,440	$35,650 – $72,050	160
8	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,880	$37,950 – $58,150	280
9	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,880	$31,680 – $60,960	140
10	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,650	$30,560 – $70,290	400
11	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,320	$35,590 – $57,040	150
12	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,980	$35,400 – $60,850	120
13	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,130	$31,080 – $58,290	100
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,180	$31,250 – $54,120	840
15	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,960	$30,600 – $57,740	160
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,590	$28,980 – $51,110	110
17	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,540	$29,350 – $45,780	370
18	Fiberglass Laminators and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,630	$36,480 – $56,140	100
19	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$36,240	$28,510 – $51,620	120
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,760	$28,340 – $50,060	150
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,690	$29,280 – $36,840	330

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL. 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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