High paying production jobs in Port St. Lucie, FL with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Port St. Lucie, 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 Port St. Lucie, FL run 0.2% above the national average (2024), so a Port St. Lucie, FL salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Port St. Lucie, FL · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$61,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,760 – $76,500180
2Machinists$57,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,490 – $79,910200
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,680 – $70,840290
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$50,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,070 – $76,480380
5Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $77,500140
6Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,160 – $57,62060
7Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,250 – $50,960300
8Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$47,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $77,30070
9Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,800 – $57,800840
10Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$45,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,350 – $59,07080
11Butchers and Meat Cutters$44,130
No formal educational credential
$32,190 – $47,940230
12Printing Press Operators$44,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,710 – $60,74080
13Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$41,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,200 – $62,96090
14Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$39,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,150 – $56,030100
15Helpers--Production Workers$38,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,820 – $48,780100
16Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$36,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,490 – $50,470110
17Production Workers, All Other$36,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,250 – $55,370140
18Bakers$35,700
No formal educational credential
$28,720 – $44,250390
19Food Batchmakers$33,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,810 – $48,67070
20Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$32,540
No formal educational credential
$29,070 – $36,180180
21Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$30,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,050 – $47,660220

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

#	Occupation	MedianPort St. Lucie, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,290	$43,760 – $76,500	180
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,610	$41,490 – $79,910	200
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,270	$40,680 – $70,840	290
4	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,120	$36,070 – $76,480	380
5	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,800	$35,340 – $77,500	140
6	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,360	$36,160 – $57,620	60
7	Fiberglass Laminators and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$36,250 – $50,960	300
8	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,050	$37,130 – $77,300	70
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,050	$32,800 – $57,800	840
10	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,310	$36,350 – $59,070	80
11	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$44,130	$32,190 – $47,940	230
12	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,080	$30,710 – $60,740	80
13	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,330	$36,200 – $62,960	90
14	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,280	$37,150 – $56,030	100
15	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,680	$30,820 – $48,780	100
16	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,910	$29,490 – $50,470	110
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,300	$30,250 – $55,370	140
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,700	$28,720 – $44,250	390
19	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,020	$27,810 – $48,670	70
20	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$32,540	$29,070 – $36,180	180
21	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,210	$30,050 – $47,660	220

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Port St. Lucie, 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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