High paying production jobs in Flint, MI with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Flint, MI that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. 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 Flint, MI run 7.0% below the national average (2024), so a Flint, MI salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Flint, MI · Employed

1Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$78,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,220 – $78,600380
2First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$66,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,770 – $97,080500
3Machinists$62,850
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,490 – $80,120350
4Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$60,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,070 – $67,210160
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,810
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,500 – $70,340200
6Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,130 – $61,95050
7Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,630 – $60,12040
8Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$45,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,790 – $55,83090
9Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$44,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,450 – $70,970100
10Printing Press Operators$43,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,010 – $53,680130
11Helpers--Production Workers$41,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,500 – $46,850100
12Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$40,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,130 – $79,730180
13Sewing Machine Operators$38,130
No formal educational credential
$29,990 – $44,45040
14Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,150 – $46,680110
15Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,180 – $58,15050
16Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$36,540
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,090 – $58,960610
17Production Workers, All Other$36,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$25,960 – $47,460140
18Butchers and Meat Cutters$36,190
No formal educational credential
$29,850 – $51,110150
19Bakers$35,950
No formal educational credential
$29,300 – $44,500200
20Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$35,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $58,97060
21Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$34,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,200 – $45,500180
22Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$33,020
No formal educational credential
$27,570 – $41,140130
23Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$30,150
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,150 – $49,270230

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

#	Occupation	MedianFlint, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$78,600	$35,220 – $78,600	380
2	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,810	$41,770 – $97,080	500
3	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,850	$39,490 – $80,120	350
4	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,560	$47,070 – $67,210	160
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,810	$37,500 – $70,340	200
6	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,640	$35,130 – $61,950	50
7	Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,880	$33,630 – $60,120	40
8	Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,110	$34,790 – $55,830	90
9	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,340	$36,450 – $70,970	100
10	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,650	$29,010 – $53,680	130
11	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,500	$29,500 – $46,850	100
12	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,490	$31,130 – $79,730	180
13	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$38,130	$29,990 – $44,450	40
14	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,920	$31,150 – $46,680	110
15	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,910	$29,180 – $58,150	50
16	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,540	$30,090 – $58,960	610
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,210	$25,960 – $47,460	140
18	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$36,190	$29,850 – $51,110	150
19	BakersNo formal educational credential	$35,950	$29,300 – $44,500	200
20	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,600	$31,200 – $58,970	60
21	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,570	$31,200 – $45,500	180
22	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$33,020	$27,570 – $41,140	130
23	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,150	$30,150 – $49,270	230

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