High paying production jobs in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV run 8.9% above the national average (2024), so a Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV salary is worth about 0.92× 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, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$73,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,240 – $101,2601,630
2Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$61,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,840 – $100,2502,770
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$60,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,150 – $114,4402,000
4Printing Press Operators$49,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,960 – $118,3501,700
5Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,340 – $64,0801,140
6Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$46,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,400 – $65,8703,190
7Butchers and Meat Cutters$44,160
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $64,7801,610
8Bakers$38,650
No formal educational credential
$32,500 – $49,6505,740
9Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,300
No formal educational credential
$30,260 – $42,4403,500

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

#	Occupation	MedianWashington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,600	$50,240 – $101,260	1,630
2	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,820	$38,840 – $100,250	2,770
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,670	$45,150 – $114,440	2,000
4	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,490	$34,960 – $118,350	1,700
5	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,430	$38,340 – $64,080	1,140
6	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,400	$36,400 – $65,870	3,190
7	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$44,160	$31,200 – $64,780	1,610
8	BakersNo formal educational credential	$38,650	$32,500 – $49,650	5,740
9	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,300	$30,260 – $42,440	3,500

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. 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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