High paying production jobs in Hattiesburg, MS with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Hattiesburg, MS 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 Hattiesburg, MS run 12.4% below the national average (2024), so a Hattiesburg, MS salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Hattiesburg, MS · Employed

1Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$66,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,930 – $78,63040
2Machinists$52,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,180 – $72,04040
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,030 – $88,730160
4Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,700 – $78,04030
5Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,800 – $60,460220
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$43,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $76,00030
7Helpers--Production Workers$40,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,320 – $67,11040
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$39,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,990 – $64,420200
9Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,040 – $44,820280
10Printing Press Operators$35,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,190 – $55,15040
11Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$34,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,310 – $41,22030
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$29,580
No formal educational credential
$22,460 – $49,40060
13Bakers$27,780
No formal educational credential
$21,230 – $35,980110
14Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$26,750
No formal educational credential
$22,150 – $35,01080

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

#	Occupation	MedianHattiesburg, MS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,120	$33,930 – $78,630	40
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,170	$36,180 – $72,040	40
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,500	$38,030 – $88,730	160
4	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,500	$29,700 – $78,040	30
5	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,450	$33,800 – $60,460	220
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,750	$31,680 – $76,000	30
7	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,850	$29,320 – $67,110	40
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,620	$31,990 – $64,420	200
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,160	$28,040 – $44,820	280
10	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,570	$23,190 – $55,150	40
11	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,790	$28,310 – $41,220	30
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$29,580	$22,460 – $49,400	60
13	BakersNo formal educational credential	$27,780	$21,230 – $35,980	110
14	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$26,750	$22,150 – $35,010	80

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