How much do Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders make in Bay City, MI?

Percentile spread

For Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $32,360 and the 90th percentile is $50,800. The difference is $18,440, which is 38.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $32,360 to the 75th at $47,350, covers $14,990.

The mean annual wage is $42,690, which sits below the median of $47,350. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bay City, MI median is 9.6% higher than the national median of $43,220 for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $51,512, which is 19.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.6% higher than the Michigan median of $41,690.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bay City, MI is 91.921, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,350 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders at $51,512 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. Bay City, MI ranks 5th of 20 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Saginaw, MI is 26 miles away, with a median of $43,800 and employment of 80. That median is 7.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,190, against $51,512 here.
• Flint, MI is 49 miles away, with a median of $37,920 and employment of 110. That median is 19.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,759, against $51,512 here.
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 75 miles away, with a median of $37,190 and employment of 150. That median is 21.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,151, against $51,512 here.

Employment share

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.56% of wage-and-salary employment in Bay City, MI (190 of 33,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (379,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.31 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.