High paying production jobs in Rocky Mount, NC with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Rocky Mount, NC 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 Rocky Mount, NC run 12.0% below the national average (2024), so a Rocky Mount, NC salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Rocky Mount, NC · Employed

1Machinists$56,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,820 – $80,42090
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$51,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,290 – $63,39060
3Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,630 – $76,550440
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,370 – $69,950250
5Production Workers, All Other$46,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,020 – $54,650290
6Printing Press Operators$44,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,730 – $52,76030
7Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$44,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,620 – $58,390350
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$42,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,880 – $60,60050
9Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$41,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,770 – $48,510170
10Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders$40,690
No formal educational credential
$30,280 – $74,07070
11Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,320 – $43,280100
12Food Batchmakers$39,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,030 – $39,710150
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,520 – $47,710740
14Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$37,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,360 – $40,99040
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,190 – $52,800110
16Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,720
No formal educational credential
$23,190 – $45,85040
17Bakers$33,540
No formal educational credential
$27,030 – $41,900330
18Slaughterers and Meat Packers$31,570
No formal educational credential
$30,990 – $36,78030
19Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$30,830
No formal educational credential
$24,530 – $37,27070
20Sewing Machine Operators$29,230
No formal educational credential
$23,890 – $37,820100

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

#	Occupation	MedianRocky Mount, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,920	$37,820 – $80,420	90
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,100	$39,290 – $63,390	60
3	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,660	$33,630 – $76,550	440
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,600	$40,370 – $69,950	250
5	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,360	$29,020 – $54,650	290
6	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,640	$24,730 – $52,760	30
7	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,550	$35,620 – $58,390	350
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,770	$33,880 – $60,600	50
9	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,290	$28,770 – $48,510	170
10	Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and TendersNo formal educational credential	$40,690	$30,280 – $74,070	70
11	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,320	$40,320 – $43,280	100
12	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,710	$29,030 – $39,710	150
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,480	$27,520 – $47,710	740
14	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,390	$33,360 – $40,990	40
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,090	$34,190 – $52,800	110
16	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$35,720	$23,190 – $45,850	40
17	BakersNo formal educational credential	$33,540	$27,030 – $41,900	330
18	Slaughterers and Meat PackersNo formal educational credential	$31,570	$30,990 – $36,780	30
19	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$30,830	$24,530 – $37,270	70
20	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$29,230	$23,890 – $37,820	100

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Rocky Mount, NC. 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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