High paying production jobs in Worcester, MA with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Worcester, MA 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 Worcester, MA run 2.5% above the national average (2024), so a Worcester, MA salary is worth about 0.98× 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, Worcester, MA · Employed

1Power Distributors and Dispatchers$102,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$99,440 – $132,390150
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$67,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,610 – $82,890360
3Machinists$64,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,790 – $82,270930
4Tool and Die Makers$61,770
Postsecondary nondegree award
$40,590 – $80,480200
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$60,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,720 – $81,400330
6Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$58,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,100 – $77,270490
7Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$54,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $77,760220
8Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$54,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,660 – $77,730300
9Printing Press Operators$53,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,810 – $73,940210
10Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,430 – $59,320270
11Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$50,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,200 – $73,160700
12Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,100 – $80,510240
13Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,660
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,960 – $70,1201,510
14Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $69,710560
15Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,740 – $61,4401,180
16Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,050 – $59,800600
17Butchers and Meat Cutters$46,720
No formal educational credential
$36,400 – $61,490130
18Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,320 – $60,000310
19Engine and Other Machine Assemblers$46,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,080 – $80,750110
20Production Workers, All Other$45,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $62,170360
21Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$44,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,590 – $55,6001,620
22Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,140 – $72,210530
23Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$44,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $52,180280
24Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$43,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $60,750290
25Helpers--Production Workers$43,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,800 – $55,560270
26Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$39,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,200 – $49,300630
27Bakers$37,420
No formal educational credential
$34,510 – $46,660610
28Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,910 – $56,9401,040
29Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,480
No formal educational credential
$34,740 – $41,540330
30Food Batchmakers$31,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $39,110480

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

#	Occupation	MedianWorcester, MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Distributors and DispatchersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$102,330	$99,440 – $132,390	150
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,190	$52,610 – $82,890	360
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,480	$46,790 – $82,270	930
4	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,770	$40,590 – $80,480	200
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,320	$47,720 – $81,400	330
6	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,740	$39,100 – $77,270	490
7	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,920	$36,040 – $77,760	220
8	Cabinetmakers and Bench CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,780	$39,660 – $77,730	300
9	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,210	$37,810 – $73,940	210
10	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,660	$48,430 – $59,320	270
11	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,460	$39,200 – $73,160	700
12	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,050	$40,100 – $80,510	240
13	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,660	$35,960 – $70,120	1,510
14	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,380	$38,520 – $69,710	560
15	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,390	$39,740 – $61,440	1,180
16	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,200	$38,050 – $59,800	600
17	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$46,720	$36,400 – $61,490	130
18	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,210	$38,320 – $60,000	310
19	Engine and Other Machine AssemblersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,160	$42,080 – $80,750	110
20	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,980	$31,200 – $62,170	360
21	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,820	$36,590 – $55,600	1,620
22	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,800	$37,140 – $72,210	530
23	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except SawingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,100	$35,720 – $52,180	280
24	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,790	$31,200 – $60,750	290
25	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,680	$34,800 – $55,560	270
26	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,170	$34,200 – $49,300	630
27	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,420	$34,510 – $46,660	610
28	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,370	$35,910 – $56,940	1,040
29	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,480	$34,740 – $41,540	330
30	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,200	$31,200 – $39,110	480

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