High paying production jobs in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 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 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV run 12.9% below the national average (2024), so a Parkersburg-Vienna, WV salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV · Employed

1Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$66,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$63,920 – $92,620330
2Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$62,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,330 – $128,750120
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$51,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,170 – $60,34060
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,180 – $66,52090
5Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$45,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,220 – $69,14060
6Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$40,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,520 – $45,360510
7Helpers--Production Workers$37,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,670 – $47,24040
8Production Workers, All Other$36,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,830 – $47,480240
9Butchers and Meat Cutters$31,600
No formal educational credential
$23,330 – $38,47040
10Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,710
No formal educational credential
$23,650 – $37,02090

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

#	Occupation	MedianParkersburg-Vienna, WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,060	$63,920 – $92,620	330
2	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,630	$33,330 – $128,750	120
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,210	$40,170 – $60,340	60
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,330	$36,180 – $66,520	90
5	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,770	$42,220 – $69,140	60
6	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,100	$36,520 – $45,360	510
7	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,420	$31,670 – $47,240	40
8	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,380	$28,830 – $47,480	240
9	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$31,600	$23,330 – $38,470	40
10	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,710	$23,650 – $37,020	90

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV. 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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