High paying production jobs in Saginaw, MI with no experience

The best paid production occupations in Saginaw, 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 Saginaw, MI run 9.1% below the national average (2024), so a Saginaw, MI salary is worth about 1.10× 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, Saginaw, MI · Employed

1Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$74,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,860 – $78,640280
2Tool and Die Makers$71,910
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,760 – $96,020250
3Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$68,260
Postsecondary nondegree award
$49,430 – $82,37030
4Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$65,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,400 – $65,610130
5Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$55,630
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,620 – $69,300390
6Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators$52,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,000 – $59,530110
7Machinists$52,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,430 – $68,780650
8Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,740 – $68,74030
9Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$48,820
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,080 – $74,500220
10Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,790 – $64,77040
11Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$47,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,440 – $75,010350
12Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,550 – $60,72070
13Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$45,080
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,960 – $63,32050
14Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$43,800
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,960 – $56,80080
15Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$42,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,680 – $51,9701,910
16Food Batchmakers$37,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$31,540 – $47,86030
17Production Workers, All Other$36,700
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,480 – $45,050140
18Bakers$36,150
No formal educational credential
$28,850 – $44,890190
19Butchers and Meat Cutters$35,450
No formal educational credential
$28,710 – $49,720100
20Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers$34,360
No formal educational credential
$27,980 – $42,690110
21Sewing Machine Operators$30,360
No formal educational credential
$27,460 – $45,09040
22Printing Press Operators$28,490
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,300 – $46,25090

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

#	Occupation	MedianSaginaw, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,130	$35,860 – $78,640	280
2	Tool and Die MakersPostsecondary nondegree award	$71,910	$44,760 – $96,020	250
3	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool ProgrammersPostsecondary nondegree award	$68,260	$49,430 – $82,370	30
4	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,610	$35,400 – $65,610	130
5	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,630	$36,620 – $69,300	390
6	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,820	$44,000 – $59,530	110
7	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,360	$39,430 – $68,780	650
8	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,880	$34,740 – $68,740	30
9	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,820	$38,080 – $74,500	220
10	Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,340	$40,790 – $64,770	40
11	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,780	$34,440 – $75,010	350
12	Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,600	$35,550 – $60,720	70
13	Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,080	$34,960 – $63,320	50
14	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,800	$29,960 – $56,800	80
15	Miscellaneous Assemblers and FabricatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,610	$34,680 – $51,970	1,910
16	Food BatchmakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,500	$31,540 – $47,860	30
17	Production Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,700	$34,480 – $45,050	140
18	BakersNo formal educational credential	$36,150	$28,850 – $44,890	190
19	Butchers and Meat CuttersNo formal educational credential	$35,450	$28,710 – $49,720	100
20	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersNo formal educational credential	$34,360	$27,980 – $42,690	110
21	Sewing Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$30,360	$27,460 – $45,090	40
22	Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$28,490	$27,300 – $46,250	90

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