High paying production jobs in Eugene-Springfield, OR with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Eugene-Springfield, OR 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 Eugene-Springfield, OR run 1.6% above the national average (2024), so a Eugene-Springfield, OR salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Eugene-Springfield, OR · Employed

1Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners$75,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,350 – $81,37050
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$70,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,320 – $107,90080
3Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$64,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,780 – $102,77050
4Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$62,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,930 – $100,38090
5Machinists$55,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,250 – $76,920230
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$54,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,560 – $71,730530
7Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders$49,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $52,740300
8Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders$48,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $71,490120
9Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$48,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,640 – $58,740300
10Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $65,980210
11Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,340 – $59,800100
12Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$47,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $57,630320
13Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,490 – $68,860400
14Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $62,240150
15Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,560 – $62,280200
16Butchers and Meat Cutters$46,740
No formal educational credential
$34,890 – $55,780140
17Production Workers, All Other$46,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,140 – $62,770340
18Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,710 – $58,890120
19Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,740 – $60,080150
20Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,940 – $55,270160
21Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $59,160870
22Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,140 – $59,580480
23Helpers--Production Workers$44,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $55,150400
24Woodworkers, All Other$44,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,420 – $47,250150
25Printing Press Operators$44,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,450 – $58,320110
26Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$40,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,610 – $52,070210
27Food Batchmakers$38,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,850 – $57,000230
28Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,960 – $45,880150
29Bakers$37,460
No formal educational credential
$31,000 – $52,620420
30Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$37,390
No formal educational credential
$31,760 – $43,190160
31Sewing Machine Operators$36,230
No formal educational credential
$36,080 – $47,390300

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

#	Occupation	MedianEugene-Springfield, OR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Tool Grinders, Filers, and SharpenersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,630	$50,350 – $81,370	50
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,250	$56,320 – $107,900	80
3	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,670	$47,780 – $102,770	50
4	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,390	$43,930 – $100,380	90
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,440	$40,250 – $76,920	230
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,670	$45,560 – $71,730	530
7	Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,180	$32,210 – $52,740	300
8	Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,940	$32,240 – $71,490	120
9	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,400	$38,640 – $58,740	300
10	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,230	$38,480 – $65,980	210
11	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,830	$39,340 – $59,800	100
12	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,540	$36,400 – $57,630	320
13	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,520	$34,490 – $68,860	400
14	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,520	$36,960 – $62,240	150
15	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,070	$38,560 – $62,280	200
16	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$46,740	$34,890 – $55,780	140
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,610	$36,140 – $62,770	340
18	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,300	$38,710 – $58,890	120
19	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,260	$31,740 – $60,080	150
20	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,690	$39,940 – $55,270	160
21	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,620	$36,210 – $59,160	870
22	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,050	$36,140 – $59,580	480
23	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,870	$36,960 – $55,150	400
24	Woodworkers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,760	$34,420 – $47,250	150
25	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,510	$35,450 – $58,320	110
26	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,700	$36,610 – $52,070	210
27	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,050	$34,850 – $57,000	230
28	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,630	$29,960 – $45,880	150
29	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,460	$31,000 – $52,620	420
30	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,390	$31,760 – $43,190	160
31	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$36,230	$36,080 – $47,390	300

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Eugene-Springfield, OR. 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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