High paying production jobs in Oklahoma City, OK with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Oklahoma City, OK 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 Oklahoma City, OK run 9.6% below the national average (2024), so a Oklahoma City, OK salary is worth about 1.11× 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, Oklahoma City, OK · Employed

1Gas Plant Operators$78,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$62,060 – $104,860230
2Machinists$57,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,670 – $73,7601,130
3Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$51,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,160 – $74,9801,990
4Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,740 – $68,540630
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$50,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $66,930630
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,560 – $70,6402,200
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,800 – $62,920370
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $62,400710
9Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $63,850270
10Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,630 – $59,530480
11Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,850 – $65,430860
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,180 – $50,6103,030
13Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,290 – $51,8801,030
14Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$37,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,740 – $49,840690
15Printing Press Operators$37,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,700 – $50,210440
16Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$36,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,500 – $60,320450
17Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,050
No formal educational credential
$27,320 – $47,090680
18Food Batchmakers$35,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,550 – $56,920240
19Helpers--Production Workers$35,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,660 – $48,580540
20Sewing Machine Operators$34,260
No formal educational credential
$24,690 – $43,720310
21Bakers$33,230
No formal educational credential
$24,810 – $38,890880
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,810
No formal educational credential
$21,890 – $38,6001,040

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

#	Occupation	MedianOklahoma City, OK	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Gas Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,310	$62,060 – $104,860	230
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,780	$35,670 – $73,760	1,130
3	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,690	$34,160 – $74,980	1,990
4	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,360	$32,740 – $68,540	630
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,460	$38,340 – $66,930	630
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,760	$37,560 – $70,640	2,200
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,540	$36,800 – $62,920	370
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,130	$35,360 – $62,400	710
9	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,000	$36,400 – $63,850	270
10	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,710	$32,630 – $59,530	480
11	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,930	$30,850 – $65,430	860
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,940	$31,180 – $50,610	3,030
13	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,600	$30,290 – $51,880	1,030
14	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,940	$29,740 – $49,840	690
15	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,290	$27,700 – $50,210	440
16	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,340	$29,500 – $60,320	450
17	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,050	$27,320 – $47,090	680
18	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,870	$22,550 – $56,920	240
19	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,330	$27,660 – $48,580	540
20	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$34,260	$24,690 – $43,720	310
21	BakersNo formal educational credential	$33,230	$24,810 – $38,890	880
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,810	$21,890 – $38,600	1,040

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Oklahoma City, OK. 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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