Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Michigan City, IN

231 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Michigan City, IN for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$46,960	70	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$46,910	30	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$46,890	30	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,650	340	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$46,640	130	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$46,490	250	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,300	90	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$46,170	40	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$45,960	90	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$45,880	380	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,600	300	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$45,370	380	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$45,290	140	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$45,240	390	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$45,230	380	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$44,520	240	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,410	90	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$44,100	280	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$43,720	40	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$43,390	460	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$43,260	30	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$42,980	130	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$41,880	420	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$41,480	750	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$40,940	40	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$39,860	90	View salary detail
Bakers	$39,840	100	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$39,640	220	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,050	170	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$38,400	340	View salary detail
Security Guards	$38,370	120	View salary detail
Tellers	$38,200	110	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$38,070	40	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$37,820	870	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$37,820	870	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$37,790	390	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$37,190	100	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$37,170	30	View salary detail
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$37,130	50	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$37,130	340	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$37,040	30	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$37,020	60	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$36,840	50	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$36,390	200	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$36,380	80	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$36,100	120	View salary detail
Recreation Workers	$35,990	170	View salary detail
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$35,880	70	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$35,770	40	View salary detail
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$35,490	160	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.