High paying production jobs in Idaho Falls, ID with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Idaho Falls, ID 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 Idaho Falls, ID run 5.6% below the national average (2024), so a Idaho Falls, ID salary is worth about 1.06× 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, Idaho Falls, ID · Employed

1Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$86,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,840 – $99,130170
2Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$59,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,660 – $99,69070
3Machinists$53,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $98,37080
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,210 – $80,040170
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$50,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,790 – $98,24090
6Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,240 – $98,24050
7Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,520 – $64,670370
8Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$44,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,250 – $59,770330
9Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$44,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $60,330180
10Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$43,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $46,23060
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$41,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,380 – $109,100380
12Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$40,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,540 – $50,83070
13Helpers--Production Workers$39,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,630 – $40,96080
14Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,030
No formal educational credential
$29,600 – $50,690100
15Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$37,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,790 – $46,67040
16Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,490 – $48,58060
17Printing Press Operators$35,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,520 – $46,62050
18Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,360
No formal educational credential
$22,010 – $44,76080
19Sewing Machine Operators$33,990
No formal educational credential
$24,550 – $44,27080
20Bakers$32,400
No formal educational credential
$20,800 – $43,670200

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

#	Occupation	MedianIdaho Falls, ID	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$86,330	$30,840 – $99,130	170
2	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,960	$36,660 – $99,690	70
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,500	$34,320 – $98,370	80
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,770	$38,210 – $80,040	170
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,680	$39,790 – $98,240	90
6	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,420	$36,240 – $98,240	50
7	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,540	$31,520 – $64,670	370
8	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,210	$32,250 – $59,770	330
9	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,090	$34,740 – $60,330	180
10	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,740	$38,080 – $46,230	60
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,320	$24,380 – $109,100	380
12	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,490	$38,540 – $50,830	70
13	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,910	$32,630 – $40,960	80
14	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,030	$29,600 – $50,690	100
15	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,440	$36,790 – $46,670	40
16	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,940	$33,490 – $48,580	60
17	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,720	$28,520 – $46,620	50
18	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,360	$22,010 – $44,760	80
19	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$33,990	$24,550 – $44,270	80
20	BakersNo formal educational credential	$32,400	$20,800 – $43,670	200

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Idaho Falls, ID. 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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