High paying production jobs in Toledo, OH with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Toledo, OH 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 Toledo, OH run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Toledo, OH salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Toledo, OH · Employed

1Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers$107,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$81,850 – $107,530320
2Engine and Other Machine Assemblers$75,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$75,750 – $75,770310
3Tool and Die Makers$66,630
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,200 – $91,640540
4Machinists$62,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,280 – $80,1701,140
5Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$60,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,650 – $75,400290
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$58,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,790 – $75,770430
7Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$51,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,800 – $51,250220
8Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders$50,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,590 – $60,520140
9Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$49,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $57,510400
10Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$49,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,620 – $71,3009,030
11Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,970 – $61,750960
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,530 – $65,040280
13Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders$48,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,010 – $61,530150
14Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,830 – $54,760170
15Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$47,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,350 – $64,740770
16Food Batchmakers$47,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,170 – $66,150400
17Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,930 – $56,270160
18Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$47,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,480 – $62,260850
19Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,270 – $71,3201,750
20Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,160 – $57,550140
21Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,980 – $57,400160
22Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,990 – $63,850280
23Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,330 – $59,760850
24Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $66,160200
25Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,900 – $60,320230
26Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,180 – $57,850700
27Printing Press Operators$40,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,660 – $58,980390
28Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,790 – $50,5701,640
29Butchers and Meat Cutters$39,740
No formal educational credential
$27,050 – $57,380310
30Production Workers, All Other$38,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,890 – $56,280640
31Helpers--Production Workers$37,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,880 – $49,660250
32Sewing Machine Operators$36,580
No formal educational credential
$29,540 – $49,890190
33Bakers$30,440
No formal educational credential
$23,620 – $47,510310
34Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,940
No formal educational credential
$26,000 – $37,270410

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

#	Occupation	MedianToledo, OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and GaugersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$107,520	$81,850 – $107,530	320
2	Engine and Other Machine AssemblersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,770	$75,750 – $75,770	310
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$66,630	$46,200 – $91,640	540
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,190	$37,280 – $80,170	1,140
5	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,830	$48,650 – $75,400	290
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,740	$44,790 – $75,770	430
7	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,250	$38,800 – $51,250	220
8	Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,960	$37,590 – $60,520	140
9	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,960	$36,960 – $57,510	400
10	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,740	$37,620 – $71,300	9,030
11	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,130	$37,970 – $61,750	960
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,530	$37,530 – $65,040	280
13	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,410	$40,010 – $61,530	150
14	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,110	$39,830 – $54,760	170
15	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,970	$35,350 – $64,740	770
16	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,390	$30,170 – $66,150	400
17	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,210	$36,930 – $56,270	160
18	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,190	$37,480 – $62,260	850
19	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,790	$34,270 – $71,320	1,750
20	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,780	$37,160 – $57,550	140
21	Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,590	$36,980 – $57,400	160
22	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,570	$37,990 – $63,850	280
23	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,500	$36,330 – $59,760	850
24	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,370	$38,080 – $66,160	200
25	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,350	$35,900 – $60,320	230
26	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,350	$37,180 – $57,850	700
27	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,050	$31,660 – $58,980	390
28	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,780	$34,790 – $50,570	1,640
29	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$39,740	$27,050 – $57,380	310
30	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,380	$27,890 – $56,280	640
31	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,220	$31,880 – $49,660	250
32	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$36,580	$29,540 – $49,890	190
33	BakersNo formal educational credential	$30,440	$23,620 – $47,510	310
34	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,940	$26,000 – $37,270	410

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