High paying production jobs in Florence, SC with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Florence, SC 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 Florence, SC run 13.2% below the national average (2024), so a Florence, SC salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Florence, SC · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$59,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,190 – $71,56080
2Machinists$56,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $78,490160
3Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,050 – $73,500290
4Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$47,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,600 – $55,9101,550
5Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,830 – $58,46060
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,490 – $67,640380
7Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$46,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,760 – $56,24070
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$46,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $55,28070
9Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$46,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,080 – $56,890220
10Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,160 – $60,09030
11Production Workers, All Other$45,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,920 – $58,66070
12Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$45,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $51,750140
13Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$44,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,640 – $58,530300
14Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,720 – $58,870220
15Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$42,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,830 – $50,890110
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$42,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,660 – $47,170160
17Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,050 – $59,81070
18Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$39,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,180 – $49,45070
19Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$38,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,030 – $46,140260
20Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,710
No formal educational credential
$26,600 – $42,00070
21Helpers--Production Workers$33,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$18,540 – $48,87040
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,850
No formal educational credential
$22,960 – $34,690150

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

#	Occupation	MedianFlorence, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,840	$40,190 – $71,560	80
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,900	$36,240 – $78,490	160
3	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,140	$37,050 – $73,500	290
4	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,960	$31,600 – $55,910	1,550
5	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,380	$33,830 – $58,460	60
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,280	$33,490 – $67,640	380
7	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,880	$39,760 – $56,240	70
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,650	$37,820 – $55,280	70
9	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,080	$35,080 – $56,890	220
10	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$31,160 – $60,090	30
11	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,650	$29,920 – $58,660	70
12	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,000	$36,210 – $51,750	140
13	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,990	$37,640 – $58,530	300
14	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,800	$34,720 – $58,870	220
15	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,490	$30,830 – $50,890	110
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,140	$33,660 – $47,170	160
17	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,550	$34,050 – $59,810	70
18	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,520	$25,180 – $49,450	70
19	Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,220	$38,030 – $46,140	260
20	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$35,710	$26,600 – $42,000	70
21	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,850	$18,540 – $48,870	40
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,850	$22,960 – $34,690	150

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