High paying production jobs in Vineland, NJ with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Vineland, NJ 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 Vineland, NJ run 4.0% below the national average (2024), so a Vineland, NJ salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Vineland, NJ · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$80,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,380 – $90,19060
2Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$75,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$65,510 – $79,13040
3Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$68,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,920 – $82,010150
4Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders$62,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,990 – $66,05060
5Machinists$62,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,610 – $85,90050
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$53,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,780 – $68,91070
7Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$52,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,970 – $63,36050
8Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,330 – $72,53080
9Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,550
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,850 – $63,550420
10Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,600 – $59,990410
11Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $57,84030
12Food Batchmakers$41,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,470 – $51,020260
13Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$40,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,530 – $48,770510
14Production Workers, All Other$39,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,460 – $61,100190
15Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$39,010
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $55,83040
16Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$38,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,970 – $62,95070
17Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,780
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $58,850110
18Bakers$36,380
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $48,050140
19Helpers--Production Workers$35,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $47,40080
20Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$34,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $48,960500
21Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$34,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,220 – $59,86030
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,790
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $45,64060
23Sewing Machine Operators$32,220
No formal educational credential
$32,220 – $38,00050

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

#	Occupation	MedianVineland, NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$80,040	$48,380 – $90,190	60
2	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,940	$65,510 – $79,130	40
3	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$68,490	$37,920 – $82,010	150
4	Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,910	$51,990 – $66,050	60
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,330	$43,610 – $85,900	50
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,000	$42,780 – $68,910	70
7	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,180	$35,970 – $63,360	50
8	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,320	$34,330 – $72,530	80
9	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,550	$32,850 – $63,550	420
10	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,320	$35,600 – $59,990	410
11	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,180	$32,220 – $57,840	30
12	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,600	$32,470 – $51,020	260
13	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,800	$34,530 – $48,770	510
14	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,960	$32,460 – $61,100	190
15	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,010	$32,220 – $55,830	40
16	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,970	$38,970 – $62,950	70
17	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,780	$32,220 – $58,850	110
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,380	$32,220 – $48,050	140
19	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,080	$32,220 – $47,400	80
20	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,950	$32,220 – $48,960	500
21	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,870	$32,220 – $59,860	30
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,790	$32,220 – $45,640	60
23	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$32,220	$32,220 – $38,000	50

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