High paying production jobs in Lansing-East Lansing, MI

Every production occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Lansing-East Lansing, 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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI run 5.0% below the national average (2024), so a Lansing-East Lansing, MI 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, Lansing-East Lansing, MI · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$103,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$71,900 – $129,63080
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$70,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,460 – $104,850770
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$63,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$51,490 – $96,770140
4Tool and Die Makers$59,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,980 – $91,600280
5Machinists$59,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,280 – $78,650750
6Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$56,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $59,430120
7Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$55,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,890 – $77,3806,170
8Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$50,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,590 – $74,080370
9Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$49,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,290 – $81,670270
10Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,740 – $57,500220
11Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,940 – $75,570150
12Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,200
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,210 – $77,800450
13Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,080 – $66,760770
14Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$45,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,170 – $63,520130
15Printing Press Operators$44,860
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,350 – $58,990150
16Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,120 – $59,180130
17Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,830 – $61,850140
18Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$42,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,560 – $71,05070
19Production Workers, All Other$41,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,820 – $55,950210
20Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$40,480
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,360 – $73,50080
21Helpers--Production Workers$39,140
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,440 – $44,98070
22Food Batchmakers$38,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,040 – $53,11090
23Butchers and Meat Cutters$38,420
No formal educational credential
$30,350 – $51,450170
24Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,490 – $58,780150
25Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$36,330
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,230 – $49,110100
26Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$35,340
No formal educational credential
$28,690 – $42,780360
27Bakers$34,180
No formal educational credential
$28,450 – $46,710460

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

#	Occupation	MedianLansing-East Lansing, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$103,230	$71,900 – $129,630	80
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$70,600	$46,460 – $104,850	770
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,260	$51,490 – $96,770	140
4	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$59,970	$43,980 – $91,600	280
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,850	$40,280 – $78,650	750
6	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$56,490	$37,790 – $59,430	120
7	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,120	$35,890 – $77,380	6,170
8	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,370	$40,590 – $74,080	370
9	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,110	$37,290 – $81,670	270
10	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,040	$36,740 – $57,500	220
11	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$36,940 – $75,570	150
12	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,200	$36,210 – $77,800	450
13	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,880	$34,080 – $66,760	770
14	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,930	$39,170 – $63,520	130
15	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,860	$33,350 – $58,990	150
16	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,100	$36,120 – $59,180	130
17	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,240	$36,830 – $61,850	140
18	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,750	$35,560 – $71,050	70
19	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,410	$33,820 – $55,950	210
20	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,480	$37,360 – $73,500	80
21	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,140	$33,440 – $44,980	70
22	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,880	$31,040 – $53,110	90
23	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$38,420	$30,350 – $51,450	170
24	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,190	$33,490 – $58,780	150
25	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,330	$36,230 – $49,110	100
26	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$35,340	$28,690 – $42,780	360
27	BakersNo formal educational credential	$34,180	$28,450 – $46,710	460

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Lansing-East Lansing, 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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