High paying production jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR run 10.6% below the national average (2024), so a Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR · Employed

1Power Distributors and Dispatchers$127,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$83,590 – $139,400140
2Machinists$54,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $66,980340
3Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,850 – $83,570230
4Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,170 – $58,640340
5Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,110 – $61,760360
6Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $62,700930
7Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,820 – $70,130140
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $60,2501,190
9Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$47,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,790 – $69,700400
10Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,390 – $63,530220
11Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$47,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,060 – $58,040490
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,910 – $63,900300
13Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,030 – $60,560260
14Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $57,310480
15Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$45,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,320 – $78,970150
16Printing Press Operators$45,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,540 – $73,370370
17Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$43,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,600 – $52,760180
18Food Batchmakers$42,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,380 – $59,600150
19Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $52,010390
20Helpers--Production Workers$38,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,150 – $58,170500
21Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,810 – $50,010150
22Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,320 – $54,1202,230
23Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$37,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,960 – $50,080340
24Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,260 – $48,740820
25Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,340
No formal educational credential
$24,410 – $47,160260
26Production Workers, All Other$35,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,440 – $59,630850
27Sewing Machine Operators$34,820
No formal educational credential
$27,190 – $45,760200
28Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$33,470
No formal educational credential
$28,500 – $37,160280
29Bakers$30,480
No formal educational credential
$25,950 – $38,440610
30Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials$29,970
No formal educational credential
$28,820 – $34,300150
31Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,960
No formal educational credential
$23,760 – $35,160460

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

#	Occupation	MedianLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Distributors and DispatchersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$127,180	$83,590 – $139,400	140
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,930	$37,780 – $66,980	340
3	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,840	$34,850 – $83,570	230
4	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,520	$37,170 – $58,640	340
5	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,510	$39,110 – $61,760	360
6	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,360	$35,720 – $62,700	930
7	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,320	$36,820 – $70,130	140
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,440	$38,340 – $60,250	1,190
9	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,420	$35,790 – $69,700	400
10	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,270	$34,390 – $63,530	220
11	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,040	$34,060 – $58,040	490
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,670	$35,910 – $63,900	300
13	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,530	$35,030 – $60,560	260
14	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,410	$33,280 – $57,310	480
15	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,340	$35,320 – $78,970	150
16	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,220	$29,540 – $73,370	370
17	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,430	$34,600 – $52,760	180
18	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,980	$32,380 – $59,600	150
19	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,720	$34,740 – $52,010	390
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,990	$28,150 – $58,170	500
21	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,910	$34,810 – $50,010	150
22	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,170	$29,320 – $54,120	2,230
23	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,420	$29,960 – $50,080	340
24	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,290	$31,260 – $48,740	820
25	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$35,340	$24,410 – $47,160	260
26	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,180	$29,440 – $59,630	850
27	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$34,820	$27,190 – $45,760	200
28	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$33,470	$28,500 – $37,160	280
29	BakersNo formal educational credential	$30,480	$25,950 – $38,440	610
30	Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related MaterialsNo formal educational credential	$29,970	$28,820 – $34,300	150
31	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,960	$23,760 – $35,160	460

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. 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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