High paying production jobs in Tyler, TX with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Tyler, 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 Tyler, TX run 7.8% below the national average (2024), so a Tyler, TX 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, Tyler, TX · Employed

1Machinists$58,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,960 – $76,99080
2Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$52,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,210 – $52,88050
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$49,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,210 – $62,710100
4Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,080 – $57,98070
5Dental Laboratory Technicians$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,760 – $92,82040
6Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,960 – $46,94090
7Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$44,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,750 – $92,94060
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$43,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,580 – $68,250550
9Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$42,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,850 – $69,49090
10Production Workers, All Other$39,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,360 – $49,460200
11Slaughterers and Meat Packers$39,620
No formal educational credential
$35,580 – $45,74040
12Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,180 – $54,81040
13Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,280 – $55,6801,730
14Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,390 – $55,84060
15Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$36,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,300 – $49,92050
16Printing Press Operators$36,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,810 – $49,26060
17Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$36,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,100 – $61,320440
18Food Processing Workers, All Other$36,290
No formal educational credential
$30,920 – $37,55070
19Helpers--Production Workers$33,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,850 – $38,520320
20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$33,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,000 – $41,990370
21Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$29,490
No formal educational credential
$21,630 – $36,400190
22Sewing Machine Operators$29,030
No formal educational credential
$22,670 – $35,75060
23Bakers$28,690
No formal educational credential
$23,230 – $36,920260
24Butchers and Meat Cutters$27,770
No formal educational credential
$23,760 – $41,830130

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

#	Occupation	MedianTyler, TX	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,170	$35,960 – $76,990	80
2	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,880	$32,210 – $52,880	50
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,860	$39,210 – $62,710	100
4	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,270	$36,080 – $57,980	70
5	Dental Laboratory TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$28,760 – $92,820	40
6	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,930	$35,960 – $46,940	90
7	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,400	$28,750 – $92,940	60
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,100	$38,580 – $68,250	550
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,380	$30,850 – $69,490	90
10	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,990	$29,360 – $49,460	200
11	Slaughterers and Meat PackersNo formal educational credential	$39,620	$35,580 – $45,740	40
12	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,890	$33,180 – $54,810	40
13	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,320	$34,280 – $55,680	1,730
14	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,400	$33,390 – $55,840	60
15	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,780	$30,300 – $49,920	50
16	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,680	$23,810 – $49,260	60
17	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,350	$33,100 – $61,320	440
18	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$36,290	$30,920 – $37,550	70
19	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,420	$29,850 – $38,520	320
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$33,000	$33,000 – $41,990	370
21	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$29,490	$21,630 – $36,400	190
22	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$29,030	$22,670 – $35,750	60
23	BakersNo formal educational credential	$28,690	$23,230 – $36,920	260
24	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$27,770	$23,760 – $41,830	130

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