High paying production jobs in Clarksville, TN-KY with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Clarksville, TN-KY 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 Clarksville, TN-KY run 9.1% below the national average (2024), so a Clarksville, TN-KY salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Clarksville, TN-KY · Employed

1Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$63,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,020 – $74,39060
2Machinists$57,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $77,630360
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,280 – $62,500490
4Production Workers, All Other$49,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,800 – $60,100690
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,520 – $63,26060
6Printing Press Operators$48,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,750 – $73,120110
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,960 – $60,540110
8Prepress Technicians and Workers$46,900
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,720 – $58,43060
9Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,420 – $64,280160
10Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,130 – $59,880160
11Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,840 – $58,130320
12Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,290 – $61,400760
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $58,1802,520
14Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,530 – $54,040310
15Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,780 – $58,190120
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,790 – $62,080310
17Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders$44,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $62,830110
18Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,440 – $50,88090
19Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $49,920120
20Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,900
No formal educational credential
$27,240 – $49,100110
21Helpers--Production Workers$35,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,980 – $55,320170
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,480
No formal educational credential
$27,460 – $34,560140
23Sewing Machine Operators$32,690
No formal educational credential
$26,240 – $45,33050
24Bakers$31,190
No formal educational credential
$21,750 – $40,470140
25Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$29,320
No formal educational credential
$23,760 – $36,50040

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

#	Occupation	MedianClarksville, TN-KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,370	$37,020 – $74,390	60
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,820	$38,080 – $77,630	360
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,970	$40,280 – $62,500	490
4	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,120	$33,800 – $60,100	690
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,660	$37,520 – $63,260	60
6	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,620	$36,750 – $73,120	110
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,510	$34,960 – $60,540	110
8	Prepress Technicians and WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,900	$38,720 – $58,430	60
9	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,150	$38,420 – $64,280	160
10	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$39,130 – $59,880	160
11	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,670	$33,840 – $58,130	320
12	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,600	$35,290 – $61,400	760
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,560	$36,240 – $58,180	2,520
14	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,560	$35,530 – $54,040	310
15	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,180	$31,780 – $58,190	120
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,080	$33,790 – $62,080	310
17	Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,620	$38,960 – $62,830	110
18	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,770	$34,440 – $50,880	90
19	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,310	$37,220 – $49,920	120
20	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,900	$27,240 – $49,100	110
21	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,820	$30,980 – $55,320	170
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,480	$27,460 – $34,560	140
23	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$32,690	$26,240 – $45,330	50
24	BakersNo formal educational credential	$31,190	$21,750 – $40,470	140
25	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$29,320	$23,760 – $36,500	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Clarksville, TN-KY. 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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