High paying production jobs in Gainesville, GA with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Gainesville, GA 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 Gainesville, GA run 3.2% below the national average (2024), so a Gainesville, GA salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Gainesville, GA · Employed

1Tool and Die Makers$57,560
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,120 – $80,55050
2Machinists$55,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,160 – $77,020210
3Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$51,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,090 – $76,190160
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,740 – $58,230890
5Dental Laboratory Technicians$48,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,470 – $76,230160
6Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,600 – $61,880190
7Printing Press Operators$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,410 – $60,600120
8Food Batchmakers$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,570 – $60,280380
9Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders$47,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,840 – $59,100140
10Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders$47,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,180 – $47,130170
11Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,760 – $55,480110
12Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$46,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,070 – $54,900240
13Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,890 – $59,52060
14Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$46,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,550 – $63,080130
15Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,490 – $58,590230
16Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,480 – $63,67030
17Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$44,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,790 – $61,270160
18Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$43,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,350 – $57,710990
19Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$43,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,110 – $57,710100
20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$40,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,560 – $61,7001,360
21Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$40,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,040 – $55,420180
22Production Workers, All Other$39,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,900 – $57,160500
23Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$39,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,960 – $47,53060
24Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$39,420
No formal educational credential
$38,400 – $45,8003,210
25Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,370 – $47,8702,240
26Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,370 – $66,940170
27Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,720 – $67,00070
28Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,020
No formal educational credential
$27,440 – $46,360100
29Sewing Machine Operators$37,890
No formal educational credential
$28,950 – $39,26050
30Helpers--Production Workers$36,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,640 – $47,470300
31Slaughterers and Meat Packers$35,680
No formal educational credential
$35,380 – $41,470920
32Food Processing Workers, All Other$35,670
No formal educational credential
$27,170 – $37,480990
33Bakers$35,470
No formal educational credential
$22,800 – $44,370150
34Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,150
No formal educational credential
$22,990 – $37,18070

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

#	Occupation	MedianGainesville, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,560	$49,120 – $80,550	50
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,620	$38,160 – $77,020	210
3	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,660	$38,090 – $76,190	160
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,430	$41,740 – $58,230	890
5	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,080	$36,470 – $76,230	160
6	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,470	$36,600 – $61,880	190
7	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$30,410 – $60,600	120
8	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$31,570 – $60,280	380
9	Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,160	$46,840 – $59,100	140
10	Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,110	$39,180 – $47,130	170
11	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,930	$38,760 – $55,480	110
12	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,510	$38,070 – $54,900	240
13	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,380	$39,890 – $59,520	60
14	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,040	$44,550 – $63,080	130
15	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,350	$39,490 – $58,590	230
16	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,720	$40,480 – $63,670	30
17	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,120	$34,790 – $61,270	160
18	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,180	$32,350 – $57,710	990
19	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,050	$34,110 – $57,710	100
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,820	$34,560 – $61,700	1,360
21	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,360	$31,040 – $55,420	180
22	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,520	$26,900 – $57,160	500
23	Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,430	$35,960 – $47,530	60
24	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$39,420	$38,400 – $45,800	3,210
25	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,420	$35,370 – $47,870	2,240
26	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,110	$35,370 – $66,940	170
27	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,060	$36,720 – $67,000	70
28	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,020	$27,440 – $46,360	100
29	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$37,890	$28,950 – $39,260	50
30	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,080	$33,640 – $47,470	300
31	Slaughterers and Meat PackersNo formal educational credential	$35,680	$35,380 – $41,470	920
32	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$35,670	$27,170 – $37,480	990
33	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,470	$22,800 – $44,370	150
34	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,150	$22,990 – $37,180	70

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