High paying production jobs in Ann Arbor, MI

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ann Arbor, MI. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single production job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Ann Arbor, MI run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Ann Arbor, MI salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Ann Arbor, MI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$67,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$48,020 – $101,920650
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$66,770
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,870 – $83,230130
3Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$61,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,570 – $77,780380
4Tool and Die Makers$61,250
Postsecondary nondegree award
$46,280 – $92,820220
5Machinists$55,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,890 – $77,070290
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$54,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,200 – $77,310220
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,300 – $78,690110
8Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,300 – $77,520390
9Printing Press Operators$46,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,990 – $59,260210
10Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$46,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,900 – $74,030120
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$46,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,660 – $77,390800
12Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$45,590
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,310 – $77,49090
13Print Binding and Finishing Workers$45,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,150 – $54,370110
14Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,130 – $80,440410
15Production Workers, All Other$41,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,100 – $48,400280
16Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$40,840
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,570 – $57,790260
17Butchers and Meat Cutters$39,630
No formal educational credential
$31,380 – $55,370130
18Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,170
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,630 – $58,690270
19Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,530 – $51,5901,420
20Sewing Machine Operators$37,350
No formal educational credential
$30,830 – $49,03070
21Helpers--Production Workers$36,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,110 – $43,550100
22Bakers$35,770
No formal educational credential
$29,760 – $48,730330
23Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$35,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,150 – $58,520190
24Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,990
No formal educational credential
$29,260 – $42,470110

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

#	Occupation	MedianAnn Arbor, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,470	$48,020 – $101,920	650
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,770	$54,870 – $83,230	130
3	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,320	$43,570 – $77,780	380
4	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$61,250	$46,280 – $92,820	220
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,500	$41,890 – $77,070	290
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$54,180	$40,200 – $77,310	220
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,360	$38,300 – $78,690	110
8	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,240	$38,300 – $77,520	390
9	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,800	$37,990 – $59,260	210
10	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,640	$37,900 – $74,030	120
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,060	$35,660 – $77,390	800
12	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,590	$40,310 – $77,490	90
13	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,250	$36,150 – $54,370	110
14	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,650	$36,130 – $80,440	410
15	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,960	$34,100 – $48,400	280
16	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,840	$36,570 – $57,790	260
17	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$39,630	$31,380 – $55,370	130
18	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,170	$38,630 – $58,690	270
19	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,200	$36,530 – $51,590	1,420
20	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$37,350	$30,830 – $49,030	70
21	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,330	$34,110 – $43,550	100
22	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,770	$29,760 – $48,730	330
23	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,150	$35,150 – $58,520	190
24	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,990	$29,260 – $42,470	110

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Ann Arbor, MI. 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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