High paying production jobs in Elizabethtown, KY with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Elizabethtown, 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 Elizabethtown, KY run 9.4% below the national average (2024), so a Elizabethtown, 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, Elizabethtown, KY · Employed

1Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$67,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,120 – $79,670240
2Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,960 – $71,100660
3Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$59,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,630 – $107,84090
4Machinists$57,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $66,33070
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$51,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,690 – $74,56060
6Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$50,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,920 – $60,2802,140
7Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,000 – $56,33090
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$45,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $70,620120
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$41,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,810 – $59,330290
10Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,680 – $51,09030
11Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,180
No formal educational credential
$23,880 – $51,92040
12Helpers--Production Workers$37,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $54,73080
13Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$27,610
No formal educational credential
$23,480 – $33,33070
14Sewing Machine Operators$26,260
No formal educational credential
$18,750 – $47,290100

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

#	Occupation	MedianElizabethtown, KY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,510	$44,120 – $79,670	240
2	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,900	$48,960 – $71,100	660
3	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,800	$29,630 – $107,840	90
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,480	$38,020 – $66,330	70
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,720	$34,690 – $74,560	60
6	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,510	$35,920 – $60,280	2,140
7	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,030	$40,000 – $56,330	90
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,900	$38,340 – $70,620	120
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,910	$33,810 – $59,330	290
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,950	$32,680 – $51,090	30
11	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,180	$23,880 – $51,920	40
12	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,320	$32,240 – $54,730	80
13	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$27,610	$23,480 – $33,330	70
14	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$26,260	$18,750 – $47,290	100

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