High paying production jobs in Carson City, NV with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Carson City, NV 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 Carson City, NV run 1.9% below the national average (2024), so a Carson City, NV 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, Carson City, NV · Employed

1Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$61,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,000 – $77,95060
2Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$52,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $90,880170
3Machinists$51,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,690 – $75,560160
4Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,160 – $75,19070
5Production Workers, All Other$49,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $66,480140
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,930 – $68,27050
7Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $61,82040
8Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $59,01040
9Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,550 – $59,130370
10Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,740 – $63,14050
11Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,810 – $51,32030
12Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,670 – $59,78030
13Bakers$37,220
No formal educational credential
$34,820 – $64,21030
14Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,580
No formal educational credential
$29,820 – $40,43070

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

#	Occupation	MedianCarson City, NV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,520	$47,000 – $77,950	60
2	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,310	$38,340 – $90,880	170
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,670	$33,690 – $75,560	160
4	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$29,160 – $75,190	70
5	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,760	$36,210 – $66,480	140
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,510	$38,930 – $68,270	50
7	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,690	$37,010 – $61,820	40
8	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$39,900 – $59,010	40
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,150	$33,550 – $59,130	370
10	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,100	$31,740 – $63,140	50
11	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,040	$39,810 – $51,320	30
12	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,810	$31,670 – $59,780	30
13	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,220	$34,820 – $64,210	30
14	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,580	$29,820 – $40,430	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Carson City, NV. 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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