High paying production jobs in Logan, UT-ID with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Logan, UT-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 Logan, UT-ID run 4.1% below the national average (2024), so a Logan, UT-ID salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Logan, UT-ID · Employed

1Machinists$58,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,000 – $74,390380
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$56,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,220 – $73,86090
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,310 – $62,590350
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,000 – $68,660480
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$47,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,160 – $58,45070
6Food Batchmakers$46,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $61,030540
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,440 – $63,42070
8Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,490 – $54,80070
9Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$45,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,000 – $60,1501,330
10Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,050 – $60,26050
11Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$44,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,940 – $57,190290
12Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,520 – $48,67090
13Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,290 – $63,55060
14Butchers and Meat Cutters$43,440
No formal educational credential
$36,040 – $61,530180
15Food Processing Workers, All Other$43,010
No formal educational credential
$42,490 – $58,080140
16Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$42,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,890 – $49,560120
17Printing Press Operators$39,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,270 – $47,250240
18Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,810 – $54,580670
19Production Workers, All Other$38,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,880 – $57,30060
20Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,830 – $58,190120
21Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$35,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,210 – $48,15090
22Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$35,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,600 – $45,13090
23Sewing Machine Operators$34,360
No formal educational credential
$29,530 – $43,78070
24Bakers$29,220
No formal educational credential
$21,430 – $37,960210
25Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,510
No formal educational credential
$20,870 – $38,11040

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

#	Occupation	MedianLogan, UT-ID	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,620	$39,000 – $74,390	380
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,160	$42,220 – $73,860	90
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,920	$38,310 – $62,590	350
4	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,630	$34,000 – $68,660	480
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,110	$40,160 – $58,450	70
6	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,680	$37,320 – $61,030	540
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,740	$35,440 – $63,420	70
8	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,440	$36,490 – $54,800	70
9	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,360	$38,000 – $60,150	1,330
10	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,240	$36,050 – $60,260	50
11	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,140	$29,940 – $57,190	290
12	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,060	$34,520 – $48,670	90
13	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,640	$35,290 – $63,550	60
14	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$43,440	$36,040 – $61,530	180
15	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$43,010	$42,490 – $58,080	140
16	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,920	$33,890 – $49,560	120
17	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,820	$30,270 – $47,250	240
18	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,210	$34,810 – $54,580	670
19	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,940	$27,880 – $57,300	60
20	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,410	$33,830 – $58,190	120
21	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,940	$35,210 – $48,150	90
22	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,390	$30,600 – $45,130	90
23	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$34,360	$29,530 – $43,780	70
24	BakersNo formal educational credential	$29,220	$21,430 – $37,960	210
25	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,510	$20,870 – $38,110	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Logan, UT-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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