High paying production jobs in Omaha, NE-IA with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Omaha, NE-IA 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 Omaha, NE-IA run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Omaha, NE-IA salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Omaha, NE-IA · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$62,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,370 – $77,800240
2Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$60,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,980 – $78,890350
3Machinists$58,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,000 – $81,210240
4Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$55,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,210 – $62,480170
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$53,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,770 – $70,1501,060
6Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,220 – $70,890310
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,790 – $68,850280
8Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$49,810
No formal educational credential
$40,660 – $62,0501,920
9Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,940 – $60,850270
10Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,550 – $65,990990
11Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,640 – $63,070270
12Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$48,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,670 – $49,480260
13Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,570 – $59,240230
14Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,920 – $70,010360
15Slaughterers and Meat Packers$46,390
No formal educational credential
$40,810 – $57,6501,330
16Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,010 – $61,900240
17Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,120 – $63,390310
18Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,710 – $61,150470
19Production Workers, All Other$45,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,260 – $64,870290
20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$44,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,860 – $58,6802,090
21Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$43,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,570 – $56,6001,710
22Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders$43,410
No formal educational credential
$37,770 – $55,210380
23Food Processing Workers, All Other$42,600
No formal educational credential
$42,320 – $47,230900
24Printing Press Operators$42,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,370 – $60,7701,680
25Butchers and Meat Cutters$41,700
No formal educational credential
$30,050 – $48,570780
26Prepress Technicians and Workers$40,930
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,930 – $60,670370
27Food Batchmakers$40,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,840 – $54,720750
28Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders$37,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,120 – $56,010210
29Bakers$36,430
No formal educational credential
$29,430 – $47,930570
30Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,450
No formal educational credential
$29,980 – $43,310420
31Helpers--Production Workers$34,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,080 – $55,590350

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

#	Occupation	MedianOmaha, NE-IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,660	$47,370 – $77,800	240
2	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,370	$39,980 – $78,890	350
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,540	$40,000 – $81,210	240
4	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,450	$48,210 – $62,480	170
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,110	$44,770 – $70,150	1,060
6	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,980	$40,220 – $70,890	310
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,920	$38,790 – $68,850	280
8	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$49,810	$40,660 – $62,050	1,920
9	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,610	$34,940 – $60,850	270
10	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,030	$38,550 – $65,990	990
11	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,670	$38,640 – $63,070	270
12	Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,420	$34,670 – $49,480	260
13	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,490	$37,570 – $59,240	230
14	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,030	$35,920 – $70,010	360
15	Slaughterers and Meat PackersNo formal educational credential	$46,390	$40,810 – $57,650	1,330
16	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,390	$37,010 – $61,900	240
17	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,990	$38,120 – $63,390	310
18	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,830	$31,710 – $61,150	470
19	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,410	$31,260 – $64,870	290
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,140	$36,860 – $58,680	2,090
21	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,950	$34,570 – $56,600	1,710
22	Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and TendersNo formal educational credential	$43,410	$37,770 – $55,210	380
23	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$42,600	$42,320 – $47,230	900
24	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,070	$38,370 – $60,770	1,680
25	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$41,700	$30,050 – $48,570	780
26	Prepress Technicians and WorkersPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,930	$40,930 – $60,670	370
27	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,460	$31,840 – $54,720	750
28	Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,300	$36,120 – $56,010	210
29	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,430	$29,430 – $47,930	570
30	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,450	$29,980 – $43,310	420
31	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,620	$28,080 – $55,590	350

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Omaha, NE-IA. 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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