High paying production jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT run 2.7% above the national average (2024), so a Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT salary is worth about 0.97× 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, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT · Employed

1Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$89,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$62,380 – $119,120290
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$81,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$61,240 – $95,480330
3Tool and Die Makers$78,060
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,580 – $99,800770
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$75,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,490 – $89,230670
5Machinists$64,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,220 – $85,3802,680
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$60,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,730 – $73,8401,640
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$60,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $102,4603,110
8Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$59,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,580 – $75,480240
9Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$57,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,180 – $74,600190
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$51,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,950 – $74,380270
11Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,910 – $72,540280
12Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,410 – $65,200700
13Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,480 – $73,870610
14Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,300 – $65,450280
15Helpers--Production Workers$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,640 – $57,700500
16Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$48,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,530 – $71,570260
17Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$48,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,320 – $77,7104,220
18Print Binding and Finishing Workers$48,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,740 – $61,030200
19Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,430 – $64,920830
20Production Workers, All Other$45,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,820 – $71,570750
21Printing Press Operators$45,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,270 – $63,040630
22Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$45,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,490 – $62,9601,030
23Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,340 – $58,060570
24Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$39,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,690 – $54,120590
25Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,990
No formal educational credential
$36,340 – $59,760410
26Food Batchmakers$37,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,370 – $47,440480
27Bakers$36,360
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $47,5901,090
28Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,130
No formal educational credential
$34,010 – $41,410760
29Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials$36,030
No formal educational credential
$34,390 – $43,770250
30Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$35,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $58,470260

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

#	Occupation	MedianHartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$89,190	$62,380 – $119,120	290
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$81,100	$61,240 – $95,480	330
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,060	$48,580 – $99,800	770
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,040	$46,490 – $89,230	670
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,320	$44,220 – $85,380	2,680
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,210	$46,730 – $73,840	1,640
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,040	$38,370 – $102,460	3,110
8	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,980	$40,580 – $75,480	240
9	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,560	$46,180 – $74,600	190
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,830	$39,950 – $74,380	270
11	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,410	$36,910 – $72,540	280
12	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,130	$36,410 – $65,200	700
13	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,890	$38,480 – $73,870	610
14	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,700	$36,300 – $65,450	280
15	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$35,640 – $57,700	500
16	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,670	$35,530 – $71,570	260
17	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,660	$36,320 – $77,710	4,220
18	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,450	$36,740 – $61,030	200
19	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,020	$37,430 – $64,920	830
20	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,820	$34,820 – $71,570	750
21	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,600	$37,270 – $63,040	630
22	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,080	$35,490 – $62,960	1,030
23	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,140	$37,340 – $58,060	570
24	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,790	$35,690 – $54,120	590
25	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,990	$36,340 – $59,760	410
26	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,800	$36,370 – $47,440	480
27	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,360	$34,010 – $47,590	1,090
28	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,130	$34,010 – $41,410	760
29	Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related MaterialsNo formal educational credential	$36,030	$34,390 – $43,770	250
30	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,770	$34,840 – $58,470	260

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. 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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