High paying production jobs in Mobile, AL with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Mobile, AL 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 Mobile, AL run 11.9% below the national average (2024), so a Mobile, AL salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Mobile, AL · Employed

1Chemical Plant and System Operators$96,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$74,520 – $103,130110
2Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$84,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,870 – $96,440700
3Gas Plant Operators$80,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,300 – $98,69060
4Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$66,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,110 – $66,820780
5Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers$63,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,930 – $70,390130
6Machinists$62,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,710 – $77,800380
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$61,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,360 – $74,5201,700
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$61,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,460 – $73,810180
9Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$58,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,980 – $95,060660
10Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers$56,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,010 – $77,960180
11Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$55,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,310 – $68,240190
12Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,000 – $68,780140
13Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,930 – $58,65090
14Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$47,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,570 – $81,230200
15Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,680 – $59,360450
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$46,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,210 – $65,260270
17Dental Laboratory Technicians$45,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,080 – $58,96090
18Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $58,210220
19Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders$43,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,090 – $54,09070
20Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,000 – $61,270980
21Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$37,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,830 – $48,56070
22Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,870
No formal educational credential
$27,470 – $49,080190
23Printing Press Operators$36,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,270 – $53,990100
24Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$35,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $50,46090
25Helpers--Production Workers$34,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,970 – $47,840420
26Bakers$30,330
No formal educational credential
$20,290 – $45,080220
27Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,170
No formal educational credential
$21,930 – $37,030150
28Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$26,470
No formal educational credential
$22,550 – $36,960380

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

#	Occupation	MedianMobile, AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chemical Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$96,210	$74,520 – $103,130	110
2	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$84,740	$45,870 – $96,440	700
3	Gas Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,230	$63,300 – $98,690	60
4	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,820	$47,110 – $66,820	780
5	Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass FibersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,900	$51,930 – $70,390	130
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,020	$38,710 – $77,800	380
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,420	$44,360 – $74,520	1,700
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,340	$39,460 – $73,810	180
9	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,790	$30,980 – $95,060	660
10	Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems AssemblersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,640	$52,010 – $77,960	180
11	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,350	$30,310 – $68,240	190
12	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,590	$37,000 – $68,780	140
13	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,850	$30,930 – $58,650	90
14	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,730	$30,570 – $81,230	200
15	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,580	$29,680 – $59,360	450
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,070	$29,210 – $65,260	270
17	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,000	$32,080 – $58,960	90
18	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,960	$36,250 – $58,210	220
19	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,250	$36,090 – $54,090	70
20	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,260	$27,000 – $61,270	980
21	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,180	$27,830 – $48,560	70
22	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,870	$27,470 – $49,080	190
23	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,730	$28,270 – $53,990	100
24	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,860	$32,210 – $50,460	90
25	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,670	$28,970 – $47,840	420
26	BakersNo formal educational credential	$30,330	$20,290 – $45,080	220
27	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,170	$21,930 – $37,030	150
28	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$26,470	$22,550 – $36,960	380

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