High paying production jobs in Tallahassee, FL with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Tallahassee, FL 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 Tallahassee, FL run 6.1% below the national average (2024), so a Tallahassee, FL 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, Tallahassee, FL · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$55,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,950 – $93,450110
2Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,240 – $74,140170
3Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,890 – $54,140100
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$47,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,300 – $63,690220
5Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,510 – $66,80080
6Production Workers, All Other$46,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,030 – $69,710120
7Butchers and Meat Cutters$39,000
No formal educational credential
$28,740 – $48,830180
8Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$38,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,610 – $42,34080
9Printing Press Operators$37,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,320 – $47,990110
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,260 – $59,240510
11Bakers$35,450
No formal educational credential
$27,990 – $43,910130
12Helpers--Production Workers$34,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,350 – $41,600110
13Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,490
No formal educational credential
$27,460 – $33,960150

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

#	Occupation	MedianTallahassee, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,170	$42,950 – $93,450	110
2	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,790	$29,240 – $74,140	170
3	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,410	$39,890 – $54,140	100
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,130	$38,300 – $63,690	220
5	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,990	$37,510 – $66,800	80
6	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,860	$32,030 – $69,710	120
7	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$39,000	$28,740 – $48,830	180
8	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,460	$28,610 – $42,340	80
9	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,610	$28,320 – $47,990	110
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,200	$30,260 – $59,240	510
11	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,450	$27,990 – $43,910	130
12	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,350	$34,350 – $41,600	110
13	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,490	$27,460 – $33,960	150

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