High paying production jobs in Delaware with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Delaware 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 Delaware run 0.2% below the national average (2024), so a Delaware salary is worth about 1.00× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Delaware.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Delaware · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$64,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,160 – $84,360340
2Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$63,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,460 – $82,1001,160
3Machinists$62,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,710 – $95,660310
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$57,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,550 – $75,560600
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$57,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,570 – $80,6501,020
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$50,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,450 – $66,560170
7Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,480 – $62,130160
8Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,060 – $66,450610
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$47,040
No formal educational credential
$35,870 – $58,290250
10Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,930 – $59,480470
11Printing Press Operators$44,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,160 – $59,530210
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,510 – $59,1601,210
13Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,260 – $57,860240
14Food Processing Workers, All Other$39,470
No formal educational credential
$37,860 – $41,400510
15Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,800 – $51,710680
16Helpers--Production Workers$38,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,090 – $47,180230
17Food Batchmakers$37,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,400 – $59,450380
18Bakers$36,730
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $60,320290
19Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$35,500
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $38,0705,430
20Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,730
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $41,980710

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

#	Occupation	MedianDelaware	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,940	$48,160 – $84,360	340
2	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,200	$50,460 – $82,100	1,160
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,650	$41,710 – $95,660	310
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,270	$45,550 – $75,560	600
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,190	$37,570 – $80,650	1,020
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,010	$39,450 – $66,560	170
7	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,110	$35,480 – $62,130	160
8	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$33,060 – $66,450	610
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$47,040	$35,870 – $58,290	250
10	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$36,930 – $59,480	470
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,600	$35,160 – $59,530	210
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,770	$35,510 – $59,160	1,210
13	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,640	$38,260 – $57,860	240
14	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$39,470	$37,860 – $41,400	510
15	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,500	$36,800 – $51,710	680
16	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,380	$35,090 – $47,180	230
17	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,220	$31,400 – $59,450	380
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,730	$31,200 – $60,320	290
19	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$35,500	$34,320 – $38,070	5,430
20	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,730	$31,200 – $41,980	710

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