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title: "Average Salary in Grand Rapids, MI"
description: "Mean $60,660, median $47,570 in the Grand Rapids 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 Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $60,660, median $47,570 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 598,260 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $49,790.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $30,460 |
| 25th | $36,960 |
| 50th | $47,570 |
| 75th | $72,000 |
| 90th | $101,050 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 95.5 |
| Housing (rents) | 86.6 |
| Goods | 93.7 |
| Utilities | 93.8 |
| Other services | 99.6 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $238,640
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $237,850
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $226,200
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $198,430
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $189,860
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $156,920
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $156,480
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $156,370
- [Natural Sciences Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/natural-sciences-manager): $152,690
- [Optometrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/optometrist): $149,760

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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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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