High paying production jobs in Greenville, NC with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Greenville, NC 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 Greenville, NC run 11.6% below the national average (2024), so a Greenville, NC salary is worth about 1.13× 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, Greenville, NC · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$63,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,160 – $83,66070
2Machinists$58,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,230 – $65,190100
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$57,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $72,170230
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$54,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,800 – $77,890300
5Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,890 – $58,650130
6Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$48,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,990 – $60,580570
7Printing Press Operators$47,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,580 – $73,71060
8Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$46,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,380 – $73,540220
9Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$45,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $55,820280
10Production Workers, All Other$37,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,030 – $52,390210
11Helpers--Production Workers$37,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,040 – $52,07080
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,390
No formal educational credential
$23,660 – $44,26030
13Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$35,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,240 – $54,30080
14Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$33,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $47,16050
15Bakers$33,130
No formal educational credential
$23,650 – $36,980100
16Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$31,680
No formal educational credential
$22,550 – $36,54070
17Sewing Machine Operators$29,280
No formal educational credential
$27,780 – $46,42070

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

#	Occupation	MedianGreenville, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,900	$44,160 – $83,660	70
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,010	$37,230 – $65,190	100
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,360	$36,160 – $72,170	230
4	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,820	$33,800 – $77,890	300
5	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,310	$37,890 – $58,650	130
6	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,310	$28,990 – $60,580	570
7	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,030	$31,580 – $73,710	60
8	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,890	$32,380 – $73,540	220
9	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,200	$37,820 – $55,820	280
10	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,360	$29,030 – $52,390	210
11	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,010	$27,040 – $52,070	80
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,390	$23,660 – $44,260	30
13	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,790	$31,240 – $54,300	80
14	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,190	$29,120 – $47,160	50
15	BakersNo formal educational credential	$33,130	$23,650 – $36,980	100
16	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,680	$22,550 – $36,540	70
17	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$29,280	$27,780 – $46,420	70

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