High paying production jobs in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA run 14.9% below the national average (2024), so a Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA salary is worth about 1.18× 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, Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA · Employed

1Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$59,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,350 – $104,600510
2Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$56,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,000 – $74,5801,350
3Machinists$55,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,150 – $76,080570
4Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$50,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,110 – $61,770130
5Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$46,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,340 – $57,520410
6Production Workers, All Other$45,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,470 – $52,890510
7Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,670 – $63,870130
8Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$43,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,420 – $80,31030
9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,620 – $56,66050
10Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$41,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,470 – $74,67040
11Printing Press Operators$40,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,430 – $56,67030
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,920 – $64,200240
13Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,070 – $62,22040
14Helpers--Production Workers$36,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,720 – $48,360270
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,410
No formal educational credential
$25,920 – $47,20080
16Food Processing Workers, All Other$29,260
No formal educational credential
$26,680 – $42,98030
17Bakers$26,210
No formal educational credential
$21,220 – $36,400100
18Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$24,780
No formal educational credential
$21,350 – $29,23090
19Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$23,290
No formal educational credential
$18,780 – $36,100100

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

#	Occupation	MedianHouma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,870	$37,350 – $104,600	510
2	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,990	$40,000 – $74,580	1,350
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,560	$38,150 – $76,080	570
4	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,160	$36,110 – $61,770	130
5	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,380	$22,340 – $57,520	410
6	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,410	$32,470 – $52,890	510
7	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$30,670 – $63,870	130
8	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,490	$39,420 – $80,310	30
9	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,630	$30,620 – $56,660	50
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,660	$21,470 – $74,670	40
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,610	$27,430 – $56,670	30
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,800	$33,920 – $64,200	240
13	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,120	$29,070 – $62,220	40
14	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,830	$28,720 – $48,360	270
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,410	$25,920 – $47,200	80
16	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$29,260	$26,680 – $42,980	30
17	BakersNo formal educational credential	$26,210	$21,220 – $36,400	100
18	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$24,780	$21,350 – $29,230	90
19	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$23,290	$18,780 – $36,100	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA. 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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