High paying production jobs in Mansfield, OH with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Mansfield, OH 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 Mansfield, OH run 11.1% below the national average (2024), so a Mansfield, OH salary is worth about 1.13× 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

Find production jobs in Mansfield, OH

OccupationMedian, Mansfield, OH · Employed

1Tool and Die Makers$58,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,560 – $77,680140
2Machinists$54,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,320 – $68,920210
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$50,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,380 – $58,33080
4Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders$50,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,840 – $62,11080
5Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,830 – $56,26040
6Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,050 – $63,14030
7Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,940 – $60,02030
8Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,770 – $64,92080
9Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$43,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,930 – $51,230170
10Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$43,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $58,48080
11Printing Press Operators$43,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,100 – $57,39060
12Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$43,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,320 – $60,620350
13Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,440 – $53,910200
14Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$39,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,160 – $60,000550
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$39,730
No formal educational credential
$27,030 – $54,91040
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,130 – $50,9701,040
17Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$38,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,720 – $62,680560
18Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $56,840280
19Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,070 – $43,120300
20Bakers$32,210
No formal educational credential
$24,350 – $38,65040
21Production Workers, All Other$29,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,260 – $58,67060

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

#	Occupation	MedianMansfield, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$58,710	$42,560 – $77,680	140
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,540	$37,320 – $68,920	210
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,610	$36,380 – $58,330	80
4	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,250	$47,840 – $62,110	80
5	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,690	$37,830 – $56,260	40
6	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,600	$35,050 – $63,140	30
7	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,610	$29,940 – $60,020	30
8	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,250	$35,770 – $64,920	80
9	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,850	$34,930 – $51,230	170
10	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,440	$33,330 – $58,480	80
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,200	$30,100 – $57,390	60
12	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,120	$36,320 – $60,620	350
13	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,050	$35,440 – $53,910	200
14	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,950	$35,160 – $60,000	550
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$39,730	$27,030 – $54,910	40
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,890	$27,130 – $50,970	1,040
17	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,770	$34,720 – $62,680	560
18	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,200	$35,730 – $56,840	280
19	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,880	$32,070 – $43,120	300
20	BakersNo formal educational credential	$32,210	$24,350 – $38,650	40
21	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,160	$22,260 – $58,670	60

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

More for Mansfield, OH

Other metro areas in OH

By field in Mansfield, OH

Without a degree

The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Mansfield, OH to rank honestly.

High paying production jobs in Mansfield, OH with no experience

More for Mansfield, OH

Other metro areas in OH

By field in Mansfield, OH

Without a degree

High paying production jobs in each state with no experience