Production Occupations in Battle Creek, MI

25 occupations · 2024 BLS OEWS data

Production occupations include assemblers, machinists, welders, and other factory workers who manufacture goods and operate industrial equipment. The table below shows 2024 wage data for these occupations as reported in Battle Creek, MI.

Occupation	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Workers
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$66,420	$69,980	630
Food Batchmakers	$55,890	$60,620	380
Tool and Die Makers	$55,660	$56,570	60
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$50,630	$54,870	70
Machinists	$49,340	$51,220	320
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,150	$56,340	130
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$48,910	$51,270	140
Printing Press Operators	$48,510	$52,590	100
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$47,120	$50,370	400
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,020	$43,010	40
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$45,040	$49,620	30
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,290	$44,330	140
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$42,330	$45,860	70
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	$42,100	$54,870	70
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$41,910	$46,370	40
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$41,500	$56,660	250
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,470	$44,400	150
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,330	$41,710	50
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$38,900	$42,490	50
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$38,230	$42,150	100
Helpers--Production Workers	$38,180	$37,900	70
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$37,180	$37,690	60
Bakers	$35,950	$35,560	70
Production Workers, All Other	$34,870	$37,200	130
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$34,490	$35,760	110