High paying production jobs in Michigan City-La Porte, IN with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Michigan City-La Porte, IN 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 Michigan City-La Porte, IN run 8.3% below the national average (2024), so a Michigan City-La Porte, IN 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, Michigan City-La Porte, IN · Employed

1Tool and Die Makers$67,650
Postsecondary nondegree award
$47,450 – $94,22090
2Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$53,420
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,790 – $73,130220
3Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$53,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,570 – $75,06080
4Machinists$51,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,500 – $67,600140
5Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$50,690
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,020 – $83,84080
6Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,540 – $59,43040
7Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$47,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,180 – $61,900140
8Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders$46,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,740 – $59,66070
9Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,100 – $60,91090
10Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,390 – $79,420300
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,780 – $60,250380
12Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$44,410
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,650 – $53,94090
13Helpers--Production Workers$43,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,830 – $49,74040
14Food Batchmakers$43,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,060 – $46,710460
15Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$43,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,600 – $60,280180
16Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$42,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$21,470 – $68,820130
17Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$41,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,020 – $55,660850
18Bakers$39,840
No formal educational credential
$26,160 – $47,360100
19Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$39,050
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,790 – $49,390170
20Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$37,790
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,790 – $54,870390
21Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$37,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,130 – $48,04050
22Butchers and Meat Cutters$37,040
No formal educational credential
$29,040 – $50,90030
23Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$37,020
No formal educational credential
$37,020 – $37,82060
24Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand$35,480
No formal educational credential
$33,920 – $43,94030
25Sewing Machine Operators$31,200
No formal educational credential
$28,360 – $40,87040

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

#	Occupation	MedianMichigan City-La Porte, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$67,650	$47,450 – $94,220	90
2	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,420	$37,790 – $73,130	220
3	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$53,340	$45,570 – $75,060	80
4	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$51,700	$38,500 – $67,600	140
5	Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,690	$38,020 – $83,840	80
6	Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,360	$32,540 – $59,430	40
7	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,100	$39,180 – $61,900	140
8	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,960	$41,740 – $59,660	70
9	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,300	$35,100 – $60,910	90
10	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,600	$34,390 – $79,420	300
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,370	$36,780 – $60,250	380
12	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,410	$36,650 – $53,940	90
13	Helpers--Production WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,720	$35,830 – $49,740	40
14	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,390	$38,060 – $46,710	460
15	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and FinishersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,390	$35,600 – $60,280	180
16	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,980	$21,470 – $68,820	130
17	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$41,060	$34,020 – $55,660	850
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$39,840	$26,160 – $47,360	100
19	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,050	$38,790 – $49,390	170
20	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,790	$35,790 – $54,870	390
21	Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,130	$37,130 – $48,040	50
22	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$37,040	$29,040 – $50,900	30
23	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersNo formal educational credential	$37,020	$37,020 – $37,820	60
24	Grinding and Polishing Workers, HandNo formal educational credential	$35,480	$33,920 – $43,940	30
25	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$31,200	$28,360 – $40,870	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Michigan City-La Porte, IN. 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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