High paying production jobs in Elmira, NY with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Elmira, NY 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 Elmira, NY run 5.6% below the national average (2024), so a Elmira, NY salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Elmira, NY · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$61,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,820 – $76,11040
2Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$60,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,510 – $65,400140
3Machinists$59,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,330 – $72,030180
4Production Workers, All Other$56,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,900 – $67,77060
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$55,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,130 – $69,780240
6Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$52,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $55,99090
7Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,000 – $64,440250
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,040 – $72,03090
9Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,730 – $60,07060
10Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $61,040100
11Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,080 – $47,10070
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $63,890530
13Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,510 – $64,00040
14Printing Press Operators$39,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $56,92030
15Helpers--Production Workers$39,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,360 – $44,40040
16Bakers$34,560
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $43,25040
17Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$32,330
No formal educational credential
$32,240 – $38,78040

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

#	Occupation	MedianElmira, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,050	$46,820 – $76,110	40
2	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,260	$38,510 – $65,400	140
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,330	$43,330 – $72,030	180
4	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,810	$39,900 – $67,770	60
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,380	$38,130 – $69,780	240
6	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,460	$36,400 – $55,990	90
7	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,170	$40,000 – $64,440	250
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,820	$46,040 – $72,030	90
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,960	$36,730 – $60,070	60
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,590	$32,240 – $61,040	100
11	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,190	$33,080 – $47,100	70
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,050	$35,900 – $63,890	530
13	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,620	$34,510 – $64,000	40
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,460	$32,240 – $56,920	30
15	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,270	$34,360 – $44,400	40
16	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,560	$32,240 – $43,250	40
17	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,330	$32,240 – $38,780	40

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