High paying production jobs in Chambersburg, PA with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Chambersburg, PA 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 Chambersburg, PA run 5.4% below the national average (2024), so a Chambersburg, PA salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Chambersburg, PA · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$60,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,360 – $74,71090
2Production Workers, All Other$56,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,770 – $64,31040
3Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$55,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,880 – $72,77030
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$53,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,100 – $71,650510
5Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $56,53040
6Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,910 – $66,820120
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$51,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $75,870290
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$50,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,780 – $73,780180
9Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $63,17080
10Bakers$48,640
No formal educational credential
$27,460 – $48,640200
11Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,750 – $65,170180
12Machinists$48,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,780 – $73,420190
13Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$48,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $50,230490
14Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,990 – $80,35070
15Printing Press Operators$45,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,920 – $61,450100
16Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$43,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,440 – $57,170100
17Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$40,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,830 – $60,32060
18Print Binding and Finishing Workers$39,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,620 – $50,10060
19Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$37,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,190 – $49,36090
20Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $63,5101,320
21Food Batchmakers$37,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,290 – $60,28090
22Helpers--Production Workers$37,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,550 – $55,39040
23Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,880
No formal educational credential
$25,340 – $52,07050

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

#	Occupation	MedianChambersburg, PA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,530	$46,360 – $74,710	90
2	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,170	$37,770 – $64,310	40
3	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,110	$40,880 – $72,770	30
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,340	$43,100 – $71,650	510
5	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,300	$37,090 – $56,530	40
6	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,840	$42,910 – $66,820	120
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,430	$37,440 – $75,870	290
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,730	$42,780 – $73,780	180
9	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,130	$37,220 – $63,170	80
10	BakersNo formal educational credential	$48,640	$27,460 – $48,640	200
11	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,500	$39,750 – $65,170	180
12	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,400	$38,780 – $73,420	190
13	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,260	$37,040 – $50,230	490
14	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,030	$36,990 – $80,350	70
15	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,390	$36,920 – $61,450	100
16	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,620	$29,440 – $57,170	100
17	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,260	$33,830 – $60,320	60
18	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,610	$28,620 – $50,100	60
19	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,430	$36,190 – $49,360	90
20	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,320	$36,110 – $63,510	1,320
21	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,320	$32,290 – $60,280	90
22	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,280	$30,550 – $55,390	40
23	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,880	$25,340 – $52,070	50

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