High paying production jobs in Grand Forks, ND-MN

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Grand Forks, ND-MN. 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 Grand Forks, ND-MN run 13.3% below the national average (2024), so a Grand Forks, ND-MN salary is worth about 1.15× 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, Grand Forks, ND-MN · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$53,080 – $101,800220
2Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators$74,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,750 – $90,70030
3Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$61,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,360 – $78,65060
4Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$60,180
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,610 – $74,330170
5Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$60,160
High school diploma or equivalent
$56,930 – $81,89080
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$58,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,660 – $81,150190
7Machinists$57,890
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,710 – $75,220100
8Production Workers, All Other$52,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,620 – $58,85040
9Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$51,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,970 – $58,240710
10Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$51,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,530 – $64,94040
11Food Batchmakers$50,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,280 – $58,420180
12Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$49,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,060 – $51,740130
13Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders$43,610
No formal educational credential
$43,610 – $65,46040
14Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$39,000
No formal educational credential
$30,520 – $45,060100
15Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,970
No formal educational credential
$29,520 – $55,60060
16Bakers$37,670
No formal educational credential
$31,420 – $47,15050

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

#	Occupation	MedianGrand Forks, ND-MN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,360	$53,080 – $101,800	220
2	Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,240	$64,750 – $90,700	30
3	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$61,220	$44,360 – $78,650	60
4	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,180	$43,610 – $74,330	170
5	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,160	$56,930 – $81,890	80
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,200	$43,660 – $81,150	190
7	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,890	$44,710 – $75,220	100
8	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,920	$38,620 – $58,850	40
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,850	$34,970 – $58,240	710
10	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,320	$43,530 – $64,940	40
11	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,720	$38,280 – $58,420	180
12	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,120	$37,060 – $51,740	130
13	Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and TendersNo formal educational credential	$43,610	$43,610 – $65,460	40
14	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$39,000	$30,520 – $45,060	100
15	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,970	$29,520 – $55,600	60
16	BakersNo formal educational credential	$37,670	$31,420 – $47,150	50

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Grand Forks, ND-MN. 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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