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title: "Average Salary in Detroit, MI"
description: "Mean $69,210, median $52,080 in the Detroit metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Detroit, MI

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $69,210, median $52,080 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 1,904,530 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $51,930.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $30,990 |
| 25th | $37,880 |
| 50th | $52,080 |
| 75th | $81,700 |
| 90th | $127,470 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 100.3 |
| Housing (rents) | 94.7 |
| Goods | 98.8 |
| Utilities | 107.0 |
| Other services | 102.6 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $210,140
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $209,000
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $187,120
- [Physicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physicist): $186,160
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $184,430
- [Compensation and Benefits Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/compensation-and-benefits-manager): $174,430
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $173,850
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $173,100
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $168,730
- [Purchasing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/purchasing-manager): $164,720

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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