High paying production jobs in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL with no experience

The best paid production occupations in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, 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 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL run 2.4% above the national average (2024), so a North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL salary is worth about 0.98× 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, North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$58,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,070 – $108,970380
2Machinists$52,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,820 – $70,700340
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$51,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,830 – $73,720910
4Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators$49,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,240 – $60,030170
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,750 – $74,230810
6Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,810 – $61,520310
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$46,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,010 – $64,360330
8Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$46,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $61,890180
9Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$46,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,730 – $60,750110
10Butchers and Meat Cutters$46,350
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $48,070500
11Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $49,760110
12Printing Press Operators$45,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,260 – $60,560250
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,890 – $57,0902,580
14Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$44,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,380 – $57,000260
15Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $47,210120
16Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,990 – $58,970230
17Production Workers, All Other$38,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,090 – $59,480300
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,160 – $56,660700
19Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,590 – $47,850180
20Helpers--Production Workers$37,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,990 – $48,630220
21Bakers$35,980
No formal educational credential
$30,580 – $43,670600
22Sewing Machine Operators$35,360
No formal educational credential
$29,650 – $46,260200
23Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,440
No formal educational credential
$29,150 – $39,560480

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

#	Occupation	MedianNorth Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,590	$41,070 – $108,970	380
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,200	$40,820 – $70,700	340
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,820	$42,830 – $73,720	910
4	Fiberglass Laminators and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,650	$38,240 – $60,030	170
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,090	$36,750 – $74,230	810
6	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,010	$36,810 – $61,520	310
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,920	$38,010 – $64,360	330
8	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,730	$37,040 – $61,890	180
9	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,630	$35,730 – $60,750	110
10	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$46,350	$31,200 – $48,070	500
11	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,190	$37,130 – $49,760	110
12	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,010	$33,260 – $60,560	250
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,530	$35,890 – $57,090	2,580
14	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,390	$35,380 – $57,000	260
15	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,200	$36,230 – $47,210	120
16	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,170	$33,990 – $58,970	230
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,770	$32,090 – $59,480	300
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,240	$31,160 – $56,660	700
19	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,230	$30,590 – $47,850	180
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,360	$28,990 – $48,630	220
21	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,980	$30,580 – $43,670	600
22	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$35,360	$29,650 – $46,260	200
23	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,440	$29,150 – $39,560	480

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, 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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