High paying production jobs in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX with no experience

The best paid production occupations in San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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 Antonio-New Braunfels, TX run 5.3% below the national average (2024), so a San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX salary is worth about 1.06× 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 Antonio-New Braunfels, TX · Employed

1Machinists$53,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,660 – $84,130750
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$51,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,400 – $71,770600
3Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$49,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,790 – $66,240410
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,230 – $73,8002,510
5Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,860 – $79,3503,650
6Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,340 – $79,1901,060
7Food Batchmakers$43,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,220 – $56,8801,010
8Butchers and Meat Cutters$42,960
No formal educational credential
$22,630 – $57,420730
9Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$41,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $74,1009,700
10Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,140 – $50,790780
11Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,970 – $52,200680
12Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$40,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,330 – $59,970640
13Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,690 – $74,720370
14Production Workers, All Other$39,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,550 – $50,3101,510
15Printing Press Operators$38,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,270 – $56,740500
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,960 – $57,9102,580
17Food Processing Workers, All Other$38,090
No formal educational credential
$32,660 – $46,030510
18Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians$37,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,130 – $37,920440
19Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$36,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,750 – $78,540430
20Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$36,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,710 – $43,690540
21Bakers$35,100
No formal educational credential
$24,550 – $45,2501,300
22Helpers--Production Workers$34,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$26,880 – $45,0901,360
23Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$30,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,260 – $37,960530
24Sewing Machine Operators$29,760
No formal educational credential
$22,530 – $42,170360
25Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$29,650
No formal educational credential
$23,200 – $37,3001,370

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

#	Occupation	MedianSan Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,190	$37,660 – $84,130	750
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,630	$40,400 – $71,770	600
3	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,450	$34,790 – $66,240	410
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,220	$38,230 – $73,800	2,510
5	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,040	$33,860 – $79,350	3,650
6	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,400	$35,340 – $79,190	1,060
7	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,550	$28,220 – $56,880	1,010
8	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$42,960	$22,630 – $57,420	730
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,910	$31,680 – $74,100	9,700
10	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,530	$35,140 – $50,790	780
11	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,580	$36,970 – $52,200	680
12	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,440	$30,330 – $59,970	640
13	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,340	$24,690 – $74,720	370
14	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,130	$33,550 – $50,310	1,510
15	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,600	$28,270 – $56,740	500
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,210	$32,960 – $57,910	2,580
17	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$38,090	$32,660 – $46,030	510
18	Ophthalmic Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,920	$34,130 – $37,920	440
19	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,430	$30,750 – $78,540	430
20	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,170	$30,710 – $43,690	540
21	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,100	$24,550 – $45,250	1,300
22	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,230	$26,880 – $45,090	1,360
23	Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,340	$27,260 – $37,960	530
24	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$29,760	$22,530 – $42,170	360
25	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,650	$23,200 – $37,300	1,370

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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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