High paying production jobs in Battle Creek, MI

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Battle Creek, 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 Battle Creek, MI run 9.5% below the national average (2024), so a Battle Creek, MI salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Battle Creek, MI · Employed

1Food Batchmakers$75,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $75,680270
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$67,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,080 – $94,200630
3Tool and Die Makers$62,440
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,680 – $82,73050
4Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$57,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,220 – $62,46040
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$52,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,380 – $60,730210
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$52,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,300 – $61,24060
7Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $77,960140
8Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$49,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,240 – $75,860390
9Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$49,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,020 – $57,2902,710
10Machinists$48,530
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,940 – $62,280240
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,510 – $75,670360
12Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,730 – $61,250190
13Printing Press Operators$44,830
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,220 – $64,800100
14Production Workers, All Other$43,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $60,28090
15Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$42,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,330 – $58,240100
16Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$41,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,810 – $62,260120
17Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,390 – $62,45050
18Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,830 – $53,630100
19Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,690 – $56,55090
20Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,490
No formal educational credential
$28,970 – $51,09050
21Bakers$36,830
No formal educational credential
$29,540 – $45,350100
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,930
No formal educational credential
$28,120 – $44,79080
23Print Binding and Finishing Workers$35,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,500 – $50,95040
24Helpers--Production Workers$35,520
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,750 – $44,50070

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

#	Occupation	MedianBattle Creek, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,370	$31,200 – $75,680	270
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,690	$46,080 – $94,200	630
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$62,440	$42,680 – $82,730	50
4	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,810	$46,220 – $62,460	40
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,970	$46,380 – $60,730	210
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,230	$46,300 – $61,240	60
7	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,740	$36,940 – $77,960	140
8	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,910	$37,240 – $75,860	390
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,100	$37,020 – $57,290	2,710
10	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,530	$38,940 – $62,280	240
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,440	$35,510 – $75,670	360
12	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,600	$36,730 – $61,250	190
13	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,830	$29,220 – $64,800	100
14	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,850	$25,960 – $60,280	90
15	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,900	$35,330 – $58,240	100
16	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,070	$35,810 – $62,260	120
17	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,610	$35,390 – $62,450	50
18	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,510	$31,830 – $53,630	100
19	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,070	$34,690 – $56,550	90
20	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,490	$28,970 – $51,090	50
21	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,830	$29,540 – $45,350	100
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,930	$28,120 – $44,790	80
23	Print Binding and Finishing WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,680	$31,500 – $50,950	40
24	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,520	$29,750 – $44,500	70

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Battle Creek, 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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