High paying production jobs in Colorado Springs, CO with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Colorado Springs, CO 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 Colorado Springs, CO run 0.7% above the national average (2024), so a Colorado Springs, CO salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Colorado Springs, CO · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$65,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,500 – $92,450230
2Machinists$57,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $76,910380
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$55,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,760 – $95,430470
4Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,380 – $102,450170
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$51,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,240 – $77,590180
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$51,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,670 – $78,100450
7Butchers and Meat Cutters$48,320
No formal educational credential
$32,060 – $58,890220
8Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,090 – $59,590160
9Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,260 – $59,940570
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,740 – $60,470120
11Production Workers, All Other$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,480 – $76,120120
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $54,650900
13Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,300 – $63,790120
14Printing Press Operators$42,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,090 – $59,900160
15Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,930 – $63,650230
16Sewing Machine Operators$38,270
No formal educational credential
$34,230 – $49,990120
17Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,850 – $48,070260
18Bakers$37,780
No formal educational credential
$30,800 – $55,830460
19Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,040
No formal educational credential
$31,470 – $40,620480

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

#	Occupation	MedianColorado Springs, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,970	$48,500 – $92,450	230
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,510	$38,080 – $76,910	380
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,270	$43,760 – $95,430	470
4	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,180	$46,380 – $102,450	170
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,540	$44,240 – $77,590	180
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,080	$41,670 – $78,100	450
7	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$48,320	$32,060 – $58,890	220
8	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,890	$42,090 – $59,590	160
9	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$37,260 – $59,940	570
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,360	$37,740 – $60,470	120
11	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$39,480 – $76,120	120
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,860	$35,660 – $54,650	900
13	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,450	$37,300 – $63,790	120
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,470	$37,090 – $59,900	160
15	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,990	$39,930 – $63,650	230
16	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$38,270	$34,230 – $49,990	120
17	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,020	$31,850 – $48,070	260
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,780	$30,800 – $55,830	460
19	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,040	$31,470 – $40,620	480

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Colorado Springs, CO. 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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