High paying production jobs in Yakima, WA with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Yakima, WA 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 Yakima, WA run 4.5% below the national average (2024), so a Yakima, WA salary is worth about 1.05× 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, Yakima, WA · Employed

1Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$75,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,090 – $88,47090
2Machinists$59,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,660 – $77,740180
3Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$57,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,800 – $71,550290
4Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$56,030
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,280 – $63,77090
5Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$54,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $62,530180
6Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders$50,840
No formal educational credential
$36,120 – $54,46040
7Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$48,730
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,000 – $59,95040
8Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,640 – $57,570100
9Food Batchmakers$47,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,220 – $59,200260
10Butchers and Meat Cutters$47,540
No formal educational credential
$35,610 – $55,520100
11Printing Press Operators$47,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,380 – $60,86080
12Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,540 – $69,63090
13Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,320 – $61,16070
14Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,540 – $68,600360
15Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,160 – $60,750100
16Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,420 – $60,61040
17Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$45,400
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,920 – $58,170440
18Food Processing Workers, All Other$44,990
No formal educational credential
$44,990 – $44,990140
19Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$43,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,720 – $57,550650
20Helpers--Production Workers$40,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,760 – $49,630120
21Bakers$40,020
No formal educational credential
$34,650 – $56,980200
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$37,020
No formal educational credential
$34,980 – $42,170140

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

#	Occupation	MedianYakima, WA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,290	$56,090 – $88,470	90
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,560	$43,660 – $77,740	180
3	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,450	$45,800 – $71,550	290
4	Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,030	$45,280 – $63,770	90
5	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,060	$37,780 – $62,530	180
6	Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and TendersNo formal educational credential	$50,840	$36,120 – $54,460	40
7	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,730	$42,000 – $59,950	40
8	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,640	$37,640 – $57,570	100
9	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,620	$37,220 – $59,200	260
10	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$47,540	$35,610 – $55,520	100
11	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,540	$36,380 – $60,860	80
12	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,330	$38,540 – $69,630	90
13	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,960	$38,320 – $61,160	70
14	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,910	$36,540 – $68,600	360
15	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,050	$39,160 – $60,750	100
16	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,020	$37,420 – $60,610	40
17	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,400	$37,920 – $58,170	440
18	Food Processing Workers, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$44,990	$44,990 – $44,990	140
19	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,690	$35,720 – $57,550	650
20	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,830	$35,760 – $49,630	120
21	BakersNo formal educational credential	$40,020	$34,650 – $56,980	200
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$37,020	$34,980 – $42,170	140

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