Machinists Salary in Bay City, MI

Machinists pay range in Bay City

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,100 a year or less, while the top 10% make $68,410 or more. The middle half of machinists in Bay City earn between $45,540 and $59,790.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Machinists salary after taxes in Bay City

On the average salary of $54,570, a single filer in Bay City takes home about $43,954 a year, or $3,663 a month and $1,691 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Bay City a good place for machinists? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Bay City area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.9), so the average $54,570 buys what about $59,366 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Bay City ($45,620). A typical home costs $186,601, or 3.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Machinists salary in other Michigan cities

Bay City ranks 8th of 15 Michigan metro areas for this job; Flint pays the most ($63,960).

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Highest-paying cities for machinists

Honolulu, HI pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($81,140).

Machinists salary by city

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• Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$47,410 a year

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