High paying production jobs in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH 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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH · Employed

1Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$71,600
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,030 – $100,610180
2Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$61,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,440 – $74,970230
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$61,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,770 – $75,230410
4Tool and Die Makers$61,020
Postsecondary nondegree award
$45,490 – $76,050390
5Machinists$59,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,910 – $74,9701,360
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,460 – $69,670820
7Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$49,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,770 – $60,190120
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,500 – $59,080510
9Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,580 – $64,9102,110
10Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,200 – $60,650130
11Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,470 – $59,140140
12Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $58,770290
13Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,370 – $67,4801,960
14Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,120 – $61,230530
15Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $63,460120
16Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,550 – $56,050160
17Printing Press Operators$45,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,570 – $59,030450
18Food Processing Workers, All Other$44,760
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $45,210190
19Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,310 – $57,630280
20Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$44,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,550 – $58,950840
21Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,910 – $60,660520
22Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,490 – $58,650870
23Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $56,160640
24Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$41,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,310 – $53,830180
25Print Binding and Finishing Workers$40,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,370 – $55,590120
26Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,240 – $51,9605,770
27Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$39,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,410 – $59,290610
28Production Workers, All Other$38,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,770 – $50,350580
29Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,330
No formal educational credential
$27,350 – $52,430330
30Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$37,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,970 – $47,940230
31Food Batchmakers$37,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,020 – $61,060380
32Helpers--Production Workers$36,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $47,760190
33Sewing Machine Operators$36,630
No formal educational credential
$31,990 – $43,050430
34Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,440
No formal educational credential
$26,880 – $41,240720
35Bakers$30,250
No formal educational credential
$24,320 – $44,170540

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

#	Occupation	MedianDayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,600	$49,030 – $100,610	180
2	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,530	$46,440 – $74,970	230
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,050	$46,770 – $75,230	410
4	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,020	$45,490 – $76,050	390
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,050	$37,910 – $74,970	1,360
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,390	$37,460 – $69,670	820
7	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,050	$38,770 – $60,190	120
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,230	$37,500 – $59,080	510
9	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,150	$37,580 – $64,910	2,110
10	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,470	$38,200 – $60,650	130
11	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,010	$37,470 – $59,140	140
12	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,790	$37,530 – $58,770	290
13	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,700	$35,370 – $67,480	1,960
14	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,490	$37,120 – $61,230	530
15	Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,330	$38,080 – $63,460	120
16	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,830	$37,550 – $56,050	160
17	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,760	$31,570 – $59,030	450
18	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$44,760	$31,200 – $45,210	190
19	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,730	$37,310 – $57,630	280
20	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,160	$33,550 – $58,950	840
21	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,960	$34,910 – $60,660	520
22	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,250	$35,490 – $58,650	870
23	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,110	$32,210 – $56,160	640
24	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,070	$36,310 – $53,830	180
25	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,200	$30,370 – $55,590	120
26	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,940	$35,240 – $51,960	5,770
27	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,770	$31,410 – $59,290	610
28	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,340	$28,770 – $50,350	580
29	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,330	$27,350 – $52,430	330
30	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,970	$37,970 – $47,940	230
31	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,180	$30,020 – $61,060	380
32	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,900	$33,330 – $47,760	190
33	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$36,630	$31,990 – $43,050	430
34	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,440	$26,880 – $41,240	720
35	BakersNo formal educational credential	$30,250	$24,320 – $44,170	540

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH. 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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