High paying production jobs in San Angelo, TX with no experience

The best paid production occupations in San Angelo, TX 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 San Angelo, TX run 7.5% below the national average (2024), so a San Angelo, TX salary is worth about 1.08× 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, San Angelo, TX · Employed

1Machinists$49,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,960 – $71,820100
2Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$47,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,910 – $59,85060
3Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,350 – $58,02090
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$46,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,040 – $62,100270
5Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$46,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,410 – $68,52070
6Production Workers, All Other$44,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,840 – $56,040190
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$43,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,460 – $71,970210
8Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$42,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,660 – $49,18070
9Food Processing Workers, All Other$37,550
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $48,95030
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$36,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,120 – $56,730170
11Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$35,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $48,10030
12Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,570
No formal educational credential
$24,020 – $58,41050
13Helpers--Production Workers$34,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,860 – $49,70070
14Printing Press Operators$33,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,840 – $48,60080
15Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$33,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,510 – $43,30050
16Bakers$28,940
No formal educational credential
$22,490 – $36,40060
17Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$27,510
No formal educational credential
$21,770 – $36,21060
18Sewing Machine Operators$27,010
No formal educational credential
$20,590 – $35,81030

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Angelo, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,610	$37,960 – $71,820	100
2	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,220	$37,910 – $59,850	60
3	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,530	$31,350 – $58,020	90
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,440	$37,040 – $62,100	270
5	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,010	$38,410 – $68,520	70
6	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,060	$32,840 – $56,040	190
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,420	$27,460 – $71,970	210
8	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,640	$40,660 – $49,180	70
9	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$37,550	$31,200 – $48,950	30
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,890	$29,120 – $56,730	170
11	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,810	$31,200 – $48,100	30
12	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$35,570	$24,020 – $58,410	50
13	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,000	$27,860 – $49,700	70
14	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,970	$26,840 – $48,600	80
15	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,410	$27,510 – $43,300	50
16	BakersNo formal educational credential	$28,940	$22,490 – $36,400	60
17	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$27,510	$21,770 – $36,210	60
18	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$27,010	$20,590 – $35,810	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Angelo, TX. 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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