High paying production jobs in Savannah, GA with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Savannah, GA 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 Savannah, GA run 4.8% below the national average (2024), so a Savannah, GA salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Savannah, GA · Employed

1Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$72,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $107,8801,110
2Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$60,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,960 – $83,03060
3Machinists$60,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,770 – $79,380330
4Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$58,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $73,230240
5Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$58,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,770 – $75,800300
6Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$58,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,480 – $76,740530
7Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$56,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,230 – $67,210460
8Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$56,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,060 – $80,110340
9Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$50,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,590 – $59,870160
10Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$49,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,410 – $56,910150
11Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,350 – $61,520320
12Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$46,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,110 – $61,58060
13Production Workers, All Other$46,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,670 – $66,430990
14Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,930 – $58,0002,180
15Helpers--Production Workers$41,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,900 – $48,540210
16Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,300 – $58,640100
17Butchers and Meat Cutters$39,420
No formal educational credential
$30,370 – $49,450180
18Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,270 – $52,840100
19Printing Press Operators$37,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,120 – $55,77060
20Sewing Machine Operators$36,100
No formal educational credential
$29,370 – $40,290140
21Bakers$35,190
No formal educational credential
$22,800 – $45,240300
22Food Batchmakers$34,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,270 – $48,830130
23Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$29,320
No formal educational credential
$22,850 – $36,200220

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

#	Occupation	MedianSavannah, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$72,800	$37,590 – $107,880	1,110
2	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,710	$43,960 – $83,030	60
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,680	$41,770 – $79,380	330
4	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,670	$36,230 – $73,230	240
5	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,570	$45,770 – $75,800	300
6	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,410	$43,480 – $76,740	530
7	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,410	$38,230 – $67,210	460
8	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,120	$46,060 – $80,110	340
9	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,830	$39,590 – $59,870	160
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,090	$34,410 – $56,910	150
11	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,350	$47,350 – $61,520	320
12	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,750	$35,110 – $61,580	60
13	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,140	$30,670 – $66,430	990
14	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,570	$31,930 – $58,000	2,180
15	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,080	$28,900 – $48,540	210
16	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,850	$35,300 – $58,640	100
17	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$39,420	$30,370 – $49,450	180
18	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,840	$33,270 – $52,840	100
19	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,490	$30,120 – $55,770	60
20	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$36,100	$29,370 – $40,290	140
21	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,190	$22,800 – $45,240	300
22	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,690	$24,270 – $48,830	130
23	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,320	$22,850 – $36,200	220

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Savannah, GA. 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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