High paying production jobs in Winchester, VA-WV with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Winchester, VA-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 Winchester, VA-WV run 3.5% below the national average (2024), so a Winchester, VA-WV 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, Winchester, VA-WV · Employed

1Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$57,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,670 – $60,89060
2Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$54,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,910 – $64,290120
3Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,740 – $64,47050
4Machinists$49,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,490 – $76,660100
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,460 – $73,54050
6Printing Press Operators$48,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,020 – $73,180110
7Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,120 – $59,93060
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,040 – $62,430330
9Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,150 – $61,260140
10Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,060 – $62,30050
11Helpers--Production Workers$42,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,100 – $48,55080
12Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$39,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,110 – $49,810980
13Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$39,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,430 – $58,650320
14Production Workers, All Other$37,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,680 – $60,310140
15Bakers$33,540
No formal educational credential
$27,400 – $56,740110
16Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$31,380
No formal educational credential
$25,810 – $39,84070

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

#	Occupation	MedianWinchester, VA-WV	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,430	$48,670 – $60,890	60
2	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,690	$39,910 – $64,290	120
3	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,330	$35,740 – $64,470	50
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,130	$41,490 – $76,660	100
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$35,460 – $73,540	50
6	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,020	$37,020 – $73,180	110
7	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,340	$38,120 – $59,930	60
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,220	$32,040 – $62,430	330
9	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,090	$37,150 – $61,260	140
10	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,630	$35,060 – $62,300	50
11	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,420	$30,100 – $48,550	80
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,240	$31,110 – $49,810	980
13	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,030	$32,430 – $58,650	320
14	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,340	$31,680 – $60,310	140
15	BakersNo formal educational credential	$33,540	$27,400 – $56,740	110
16	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$31,380	$25,810 – $39,840	70

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