High paying production jobs in Hawaii with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Hawaii 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 Hawaii run 10.0% above the national average (2024), so a Hawaii salary is worth about 0.91× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Hawaii.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Hawaii · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$121,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$103,430 – $134,770290
2Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$94,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$71,240 – $130,310280
3Machinists$84,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,950 – $106,970260
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$79,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,000 – $100,220520
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$65,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,900 – $82,680610
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$59,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $93,460650
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,520 – $69,570230
8Butchers and Meat Cutters$50,080
No formal educational credential
$35,020 – $69,530500
9Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$49,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,850 – $74,640420
10Bakers$46,710
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $66,0801,580
11Printing Press Operators$45,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $64,700350
12Helpers--Production Workers$44,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,430 – $62,820230
13Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$40,260
No formal educational credential
$35,660 – $49,380800
14Sewing Machine Operators$39,230
No formal educational credential
$32,210 – $60,810280
15Food Batchmakers$37,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,490 – $49,390360
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$36,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,200 – $46,060380
17Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,690
No formal educational credential
$30,310 – $55,7301,730

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

#	Occupation	MedianHawaii	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$121,700	$103,430 – $134,770	290
2	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$94,900	$71,240 – $130,310	280
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,410	$55,950 – $106,970	260
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$79,000	$50,000 – $100,220	520
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,560	$46,900 – $82,680	610
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,740	$36,040 – $93,460	650
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,990	$39,520 – $69,570	230
8	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$50,080	$35,020 – $69,530	500
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,630	$36,850 – $74,640	420
10	BakersNo formal educational credential	$46,710	$32,220 – $66,080	1,580
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,390	$29,120 – $64,700	350
12	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,380	$35,430 – $62,820	230
13	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$40,260	$35,660 – $49,380	800
14	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$39,230	$32,210 – $60,810	280
15	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,490	$30,490 – $49,390	360
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,810	$30,200 – $46,060	380
17	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,690	$30,310 – $55,730	1,730

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