High paying production jobs in Jacksonville, FL with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Jacksonville, FL 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 Jacksonville, FL run 0.5% below the national average (2024), so a Jacksonville, FL salary is worth about 1.01× 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, Jacksonville, FL · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$77,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,580 – $100,570460
2Machinists$59,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,100 – $75,710640
3Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$58,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,810 – $79,420320
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,990 – $72,8401,420
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $75,5401,650
6Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,690 – $61,350260
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,590 – $66,680480
8Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$46,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $59,960290
9Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $56,100250
10Printing Press Operators$44,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,450 – $60,590520
11Butchers and Meat Cutters$42,100
No formal educational credential
$30,290 – $47,930750
12Helpers--Production Workers$40,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,120 – $51,000480
13Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$40,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,510 – $61,390240
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,910 – $61,4003,210
15Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$39,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,650 – $48,400980
16Production Workers, All Other$38,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,100 – $61,4201,520
17Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,560 – $71,530870
18Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $50,740390
19Bakers$36,850
No formal educational credential
$28,930 – $44,980580
20Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,370 – $59,360260
21Sewing Machine Operators$35,010
No formal educational credential
$28,590 – $45,360290
22Food Batchmakers$31,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,130 – $50,200380
23Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$31,550
No formal educational credential
$29,300 – $36,780980

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

#	Occupation	MedianJacksonville, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$77,150	$43,580 – $100,570	460
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,700	$42,100 – $75,710	640
3	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,480	$44,810 – $79,420	320
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,640	$38,990 – $72,840	1,420
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,410	$34,840 – $75,540	1,650
6	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$34,690 – $61,350	260
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,590	$35,590 – $66,680	480
8	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,520	$36,070 – $59,960	290
9	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,010	$38,650 – $56,100	250
10	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,670	$31,450 – $60,590	520
11	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$42,100	$30,290 – $47,930	750
12	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,980	$33,120 – $51,000	480
13	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,000	$29,510 – $61,390	240
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,590	$32,910 – $61,400	3,210
15	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,090	$35,650 – $48,400	980
16	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,270	$32,100 – $61,420	1,520
17	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,470	$28,560 – $71,530	870
18	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,190	$35,810 – $50,740	390
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,850	$28,930 – $44,980	580
20	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,850	$31,370 – $59,360	260
21	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$35,010	$28,590 – $45,360	290
22	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,840	$28,130 – $50,200	380
23	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,550	$29,300 – $36,780	980

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