High paying production jobs in Puerto Rico with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Puerto Rico 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.

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

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OccupationMedian, Puerto Rico · Employed

1Tool and Die Makers$37,820
Postsecondary nondegree award
$29,200 – $57,490340
2Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$36,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,650 – $54,4502,420
3Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$31,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,920 – $47,570660
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$30,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,280 – $36,5301,680
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$29,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,550 – $64,1503,870
6Machinists$29,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,860 – $50,4401,250
7Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$29,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $40,2901,030
8Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$28,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $36,960670
9Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$27,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $46,6503,520
10Print Binding and Finishing Workers$27,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,310 – $36,090300
11Printing Press Operators$26,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $47,930520
12Medical Appliance Technicians$26,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,590 – $26,360350
13Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$26,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $36,710480
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$24,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,500 – $30,60012,850
15Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians$24,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,420 – $35,1001,360
16Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$24,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$22,010 – $30,6501,490
17Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$23,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $27,720330
18Production Workers, All Other$23,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,940 – $30,0603,450
19Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$23,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $37,220920
20Butchers and Meat Cutters$22,780
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $29,3502,180
21Helpers--Production Workers$22,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $30,3201,510
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$22,630
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $26,740620
23Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders$22,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $35,160310
24Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$22,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $37,620570
25Food Batchmakers$22,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,840 – $28,0601,520
26Bakers$22,170
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $27,5502,530
27Sewing Machine Operators$21,840
No formal educational credential
$21,840 – $22,5505,410

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

#	Occupation	MedianPuerto Rico	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$37,820	$29,200 – $57,490	340
2	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,450	$25,650 – $54,450	2,420
3	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,410	$21,920 – $47,570	660
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,220	$26,280 – $36,530	1,680
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,870	$22,550 – $64,150	3,870
6	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,280	$22,860 – $50,440	1,250
7	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$29,220	$21,840 – $40,290	1,030
8	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,770	$21,840 – $36,960	670
9	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,970	$21,840 – $46,650	3,520
10	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$27,460	$22,310 – $36,090	300
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,100	$21,840 – $47,930	520
12	Medical Appliance TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,050	$25,590 – $26,360	350
13	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$26,030	$21,840 – $36,710	480
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$24,610	$22,500 – $30,600	12,850
15	Ophthalmic Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$24,420	$24,420 – $35,100	1,360
16	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$24,040	$22,010 – $30,650	1,490
17	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,330	$21,840 – $27,720	330
18	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,170	$21,940 – $30,060	3,450
19	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$23,080	$21,840 – $37,220	920
20	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$22,780	$21,840 – $29,350	2,180
21	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,780	$21,840 – $30,320	1,510
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$22,630	$21,840 – $26,740	620
23	Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,620	$21,840 – $35,160	310
24	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,530	$21,840 – $37,620	570
25	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$22,270	$21,840 – $28,060	1,520
26	BakersNo formal educational credential	$22,170	$21,840 – $27,550	2,530
27	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$21,840	$21,840 – $22,550	5,410

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Puerto Rico. 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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