High paying production jobs in Midland, MI with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Midland, 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 Midland, MI run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Midland, MI salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Midland, MI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$76,470
High school diploma or equivalent
$50,970 – $102,750150
2Machinists$55,380
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,650 – $77,27050
3Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,660 – $61,16060
4Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,750
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,130 – $60,87030
5Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,120
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,780 – $65,40060
6Printing Press Operators$44,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,230 – $61,37040
7Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$43,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,560 – $80,970110
8Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$36,170
No formal educational credential
$31,070 – $41,51070
9Bakers$31,820
No formal educational credential
$30,080 – $43,26040
10Butchers and Meat Cutters$31,200
No formal educational credential
$31,200 – $48,31030

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

#	Occupation	MedianMidland, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$76,470	$50,970 – $102,750	150
2	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,380	$38,650 – $77,270	50
3	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,270	$39,660 – $61,160	60
4	Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,750	$34,130 – $60,870	30
5	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,120	$37,780 – $65,400	60
6	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,250	$28,230 – $61,370	40
7	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,310	$34,560 – $80,970	110
8	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$36,170	$31,070 – $41,510	70
9	BakersNo formal educational credential	$31,820	$30,080 – $43,260	40
10	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$31,200 – $48,310	30

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