High paying production jobs in Monroe, MI with no degree

The best paid production occupations in Monroe, 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 Monroe, MI run 6.5% below the national average (2024), so a Monroe, 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, Monroe, MI · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$75,230
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,710 – $138,960350
2Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$65,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,330 – $66,53060
3Tool and Die Makers$60,840
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,940 – $72,97080
4Machinists$60,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,140 – $77,010210
5Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$51,020
High school diploma or equivalent
$43,480 – $62,94040
6Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,720 – $70,460240
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,340 – $60,58050
8Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,040 – $64,660130
9Foundry Mold and Coremakers$46,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,060 – $64,75050
10Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$44,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,290 – $61,05090
11Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$44,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,210 – $61,52050
12Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,420 – $58,60090
13Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$43,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,780 – $61,900330
14Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$42,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,380 – $64,540110
15Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,250 – $58,020260
16Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,980 – $60,780210
17Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$36,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,080 – $58,9801,110
18Production Workers, All Other$32,210
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,250 – $45,710150
19Butchers and Meat Cutters$31,780
No formal educational credential
$28,510 – $49,63040
20Bakers$30,520
No formal educational credential
$28,510 – $44,10060

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

#	Occupation	MedianMonroe, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$75,230	$46,710 – $138,960	350
2	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,360	$49,330 – $66,530	60
3	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,840	$44,940 – $72,970	80
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$60,210	$45,140 – $77,010	210
5	Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,020	$43,480 – $62,940	40
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,570	$34,720 – $70,460	240
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,210	$36,340 – $60,580	50
8	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,940	$36,040 – $64,660	130
9	Foundry Mold and CoremakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,600	$41,060 – $64,750	50
10	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,990	$34,290 – $61,050	90
11	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,340	$34,210 – $61,520	50
12	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,680	$33,420 – $58,600	90
13	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,100	$33,780 – $61,900	330
14	Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,240	$35,380 – $64,540	110
15	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,410	$31,250 – $58,020	260
16	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,050	$34,980 – $60,780	210
17	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,870	$35,080 – $58,980	1,110
18	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,210	$28,250 – $45,710	150
19	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$31,780	$28,510 – $49,630	40
20	BakersNo formal educational credential	$30,520	$28,510 – $44,100	60

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