High paying production jobs in Greeley, CO with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Greeley, CO 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 Greeley, CO run 0.2% above the national average (2024), so a Greeley, CO salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Greeley, CO · Employed

1Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$93,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$80,290 – $103,18040
2Gas Plant Operators$80,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$72,440 – $96,98040
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$65,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,400 – $89,250220
4Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$59,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,290 – $63,770110
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$59,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,980 – $76,010730
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$58,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,350 – $82,610360
7Machinists$58,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,540 – $80,550260
8Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$52,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,480 – $53,92040
9Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$52,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,070 – $78,890140
10Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,750 – $92,500100
11Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$50,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,530 – $58,17080
12Food Batchmakers$49,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,580 – $64,850670
13Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$49,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,430 – $49,560630
14Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,160 – $55,9701,200
15Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,560 – $60,97080
16Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,040 – $66,53040
17Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,510 – $63,040110
18Plant and System Operators, All Other$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,980 – $62,160110
19Production Workers, All Other$46,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,240 – $58,60060
20Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,120 – $67,78060
21Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$45,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,960 – $81,97070
22Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,850 – $57,870210
23Helpers--Production Workers$45,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $50,510120
24Butchers and Meat Cutters$44,850
No formal educational credential
$31,700 – $55,66090
25Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$44,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $59,26040
26Printing Press Operators$44,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,970 – $59,66070
27Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,830 – $60,760540
28Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $47,85060
29Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$41,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,240 – $57,77070
30Sewing Machine Operators$39,040
No formal educational credential
$30,860 – $47,96040
31Bakers$37,290
No formal educational credential
$30,800 – $54,410170

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreeley, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$93,750	$80,290 – $103,180	40
2	Gas Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,950	$72,440 – $96,980	40
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,840	$48,400 – $89,250	220
4	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,670	$38,290 – $63,770	110
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,180	$43,980 – $76,010	730
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,960	$44,350 – $82,610	360
7	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,340	$41,540 – $80,550	260
8	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,480	$52,480 – $53,920	40
9	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,430	$41,070 – $78,890	140
10	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,960	$40,750 – $92,500	100
11	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,520	$40,530 – $58,170	80
12	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,710	$41,580 – $64,850	670
13	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,560	$35,430 – $49,560	630
14	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,200	$48,160 – $55,970	1,200
15	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$40,560 – $60,970	80
16	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,370	$38,040 – $66,530	40
17	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,190	$40,510 – $63,040	110
18	Plant and System Operators, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$37,980 – $62,160	110
19	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,810	$38,240 – $58,600	60
20	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,430	$35,120 – $67,780	60
21	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,980	$41,960 – $81,970	70
22	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,260	$36,850 – $57,870	210
23	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,140	$37,440 – $50,510	120
24	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$44,850	$31,700 – $55,660	90
25	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,610	$38,340 – $59,260	40
26	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,410	$36,970 – $59,660	70
27	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,280	$33,830 – $60,760	540
28	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,330	$37,280 – $47,850	60
29	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,350	$40,240 – $57,770	70
30	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$39,040	$30,860 – $47,960	40
31	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,290	$30,800 – $54,410	170

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