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title: "Average Salary in Michigan"
description: "Mean $64,920, median $49,270 in Michigan (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/michigan"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in Michigan

Mean annual wage $64,920, median $49,270 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $51,210 (rank 37 of 51 by that measure; rank 28 nominal).

| Percentile | Michigan | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $30,290 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $37,070 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $49,270 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $77,910 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $110,650 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 96.2 |
| Housing (rents) | 82.3 |
| Goods | 96.0 |
| Utilities | 100.2 |
| Other services | 100.9 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $114,040 | 298,120 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $99,640 | 130,140 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $99,280 | 126,780 |
| Legal | $95,850 | 29,190 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $83,520 | 294,910 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $78,610 | 264,370 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $76,620 | 34,260 |
| Construction and Extraction | $61,190 | 161,070 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $59,230 | 235,710 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $58,610 | 177,090 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $55,700 | 52,110 |
| Community and Social Service | $55,230 | 74,610 |
| Protective Service | $52,000 | 80,020 |
| Production | $46,460 | 417,920 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $46,310 | 494,790 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $42,100 | 376,670 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $40,640 | 9,060 |
| Healthcare Support | $37,690 | 205,890 |
| Sales | $36,920 | 369,510 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $36,680 | 129,430 |
| Personal Care and Service | $34,260 | 81,780 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $33,570 | 360,300 |

## Most common jobs

- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 111,010 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 104,950 workers
- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 103,130 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 92,930 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 88,030 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 85,860 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 82,730 workers
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand): 79,410 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 71,310 workers
- [Janitor and Cleaner, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://nuecareer.com/careers/janitor-and-cleaner): 65,790 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Emergency Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/emergency-medicine-physician): $417,760 median
- [Psychiatrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/psychiatrist): $291,850 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $255,560 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $247,010 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $214,070 median
- [Obstetrician and Gynecologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/obstetrician-and-gynecologist): $209,650 median
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $204,690 median
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $169,930 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $166,930 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $163,760 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Tool and Die Maker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tool-and-die-maker): 5.84x the national share
- [Foundry Mold and Coremaker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/foundry-mold-and-coremaker): 5.67x the national share
- [Engine and Other Machine Assembler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/engine-and-other-machine-assembler): 5.22x the national share
- [Mechanical Engineering Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mechanical-engineering-technologist-and-technician): 4.81x the national share
- [Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cutting-punching-and-press-machine-setter-operator-and-tender-metal-and-plastic): 4.55x the national share
- [Mechanical Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mechanical-engineer): 4.12x the national share
- [Teaching Assistant, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teaching-assistant-postsecondary): 3.97x the national share
- [Plating Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender, Metal and Plastic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/plating-machine-setter-operator-and-tender-metal-and-plastic): 3.63x the national share
- [Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/welding-soldering-and-brazing-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 3.52x the national share
- [Adapted Physical Education Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/adapted-physical-education-specialist): 3.45x the national share

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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).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology