High paying production jobs in Huntsville, AL with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Huntsville, AL 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 Huntsville, AL run 6.9% below the national average (2024), so a Huntsville, AL salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Huntsville, AL · Employed

1Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$78,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,830 – $78,920140
2Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers$65,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,670 – $78,690240
3Machinists$62,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,920 – $85,460670
4Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$61,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,890 – $99,410440
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$61,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,790 – $86,660210
6Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders$61,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,290 – $81,170100
7Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,470 – $55,850680
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,940 – $73,9401,640
9Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$47,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,720 – $79,610130
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,040 – $48,2007,570
11Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,030 – $62,26090
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,710 – $61,050720
13Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,200 – $84,740190
14Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$44,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,310 – $60,9701,810
15Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,620 – $59,330880
16Dental Laboratory Technicians$43,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,350 – $63,230410
17Butchers and Meat Cutters$40,690
No formal educational credential
$29,120 – $50,440210
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$40,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $56,220150
19Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$38,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $58,5001,030
20Printing Press Operators$36,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,320 – $56,700120
21Helpers--Production Workers$36,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,250 – $43,160360
22Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,050 – $49,980200
23Sewing Machine Operators$36,340
No formal educational credential
$23,830 – $44,880230
24Bakers$34,080
No formal educational credential
$19,780 – $44,770230
25Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,690
No formal educational credential
$25,940 – $38,980370

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

#	Occupation	MedianHuntsville, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$78,910	$48,830 – $78,920	140
2	Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems AssemblersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,860	$52,670 – $78,690	240
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,490	$44,920 – $85,460	670
4	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,790	$40,890 – $99,410	440
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,550	$34,790 – $86,660	210
6	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,390	$49,290 – $81,170	100
7	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,000	$35,470 – $55,850	680
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,950	$34,940 – $73,940	1,640
9	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,510	$33,720 – $79,610	130
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,390	$32,040 – $48,200	7,570
11	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,380	$38,030 – $62,260	90
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,210	$36,710 – $61,050	720
13	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,030	$33,200 – $84,740	190
14	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,020	$37,310 – $60,970	1,810
15	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,630	$34,620 – $59,330	880
16	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,580	$32,350 – $63,230	410
17	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$40,690	$29,120 – $50,440	210
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,190	$30,750 – $56,220	150
19	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,210	$31,200 – $58,500	1,030
20	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,950	$27,320 – $56,700	120
21	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,620	$29,250 – $43,160	360
22	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,520	$29,050 – $49,980	200
23	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$36,340	$23,830 – $44,880	230
24	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,080	$19,780 – $44,770	230
25	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,690	$25,940 – $38,980	370

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