High paying production jobs in Visalia, CA with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Visalia, CA 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 Visalia, CA run 0.2% below the national average (2024), so a Visalia, CA salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Visalia, CA · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$76,580
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,310 – $100,130190
2Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$58,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,730 – $63,260300
3Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$50,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,540 – $77,84060
4Machinists$49,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,640 – $71,510130
5Printing Press Operators$49,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,360 – $63,500140
6Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders$49,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,830 – $63,46070
7Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,490 – $61,800300
8Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,810 – $59,320120
9Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$46,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,440 – $71,960350
10Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,840 – $70,77080
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $65,320480
12Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders$45,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,500 – $45,88070
13Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $51,03060
14Production Workers, All Other$44,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $91,140390
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,050 – $53,99080
16Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,580 – $54,820800
17Food Batchmakers$42,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,020 – $54,670780
18Food Processing Workers, All Other$42,250
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $64,61080
19Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$42,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,760 – $60,5101,530
20Helpers--Production Workers$41,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,670 – $63,680210
21Bakers$38,750
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $48,470240
22Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,280
No formal educational credential
$34,430 – $56,670200
23Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,520
No formal educational credential
$34,320 – $45,170110

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

#	Occupation	MedianVisalia, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,580	$47,310 – $100,130	190
2	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,490	$36,730 – $63,260	300
3	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,090	$36,540 – $77,840	60
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,750	$35,640 – $71,510	130
5	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,680	$35,360 – $63,500	140
6	Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,440	$37,830 – $63,460	70
7	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,730	$37,490 – $61,800	300
8	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,690	$37,810 – $59,320	120
9	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,850	$37,440 – $71,960	350
10	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,630	$34,840 – $70,770	80
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,030	$34,320 – $65,320	480
12	Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,880	$39,500 – $45,880	70
13	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,420	$36,530 – $51,030	60
14	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,120	$34,320 – $91,140	390
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,710	$36,050 – $53,990	80
16	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,950	$34,580 – $54,820	800
17	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,680	$37,020 – $54,670	780
18	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$42,250	$34,320 – $64,610	80
19	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,130	$35,760 – $60,510	1,530
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,540	$35,670 – $63,680	210
21	BakersNo formal educational credential	$38,750	$34,320 – $48,470	240
22	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,280	$34,430 – $56,670	200
23	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,520	$34,320 – $45,170	110

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