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

Percentile spread

For Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $36,960 and the 90th percentile is $61,640. The difference is $24,680, which is 45.7% 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 $44,790 to the 75th at $61,280, covers $16,490.

The mean annual wage is $51,520, which sits below the median of $54,020. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Traverse City, MI median is 25% higher than the national median of $43,220 for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,855, which is 33.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 29.6% higher than the Michigan median of $41,690.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Traverse City, MI is 93.372, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $54,020 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders at $57,855 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders. Traverse City, MI ranks 1st of 18 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).).

• Green Bay, WI is 108 miles away, with a median of $46,220 and employment of 2,110. That median is 14.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,653, against $57,855 here.
• Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI is 108 miles away, with a median of $42,020 and employment of 200. That median is 22.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,418, against $57,855 here.
• Sheboygan, WI is 123 miles away, with a median of $47,120 and employment of 910. That median is 12.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,120, against $57,855 here.

Employment share

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.29% of wage-and-salary employment in Traverse City, MI (200 of 68,440). Nationally the occupation is 0.24% of employment (379,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.20 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.