High paying production jobs in Bay City, MI with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Bay City, MI that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. 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 Bay City, MI run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Bay City, 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, Bay City, MI · Employed

1Power Plant Operators$98,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$98,930 – $124,09050
2Tool and Die Makers$69,240
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,150 – $92,60030
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$59,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$33,280 – $59,62080
4Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$57,760
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,840 – $85,430130
5Machinists$52,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,100 – $68,410200
6Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$47,350
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,360 – $50,800190
7Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$46,560
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,640 – $57,83050
8Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,910
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,290 – $74,220120
9Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$41,990
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $58,02040
10Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$38,740
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,250 – $56,08040
11Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,890 – $49,800150
12Food Batchmakers$34,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,580 – $38,32040
13Bakers$33,340
No formal educational credential
$25,960 – $42,95060
14Butchers and Meat Cutters$29,660
No formal educational credential
$25,960 – $48,35050
15Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$28,080
No formal educational credential
$25,960 – $38,26050

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

#	Occupation	MedianBay City, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Power Plant OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$98,930	$98,930 – $124,090	50
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$69,240	$44,150 – $92,600	30
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,620	$33,280 – $59,620	80
4	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,760	$39,840 – $85,430	130
5	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,780	$38,100 – $68,410	200
6	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,350	$32,360 – $50,800	190
7	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,560	$36,640 – $57,830	50
8	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,910	$32,290 – $74,220	120
9	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,990	$34,320 – $58,020	40
10	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,740	$29,250 – $56,080	40
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,270	$31,890 – $49,800	150
12	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,060	$29,580 – $38,320	40
13	BakersNo formal educational credential	$33,340	$25,960 – $42,950	60
14	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$29,660	$25,960 – $48,350	50
15	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$28,080	$25,960 – $38,260	50

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