Ann Arbor, MI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Ann Arbor, MI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Ann Arbor, MI moved from $51,990 in May 2024 to $55,380 in May 2025 (+6.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Ann Arbor, MI sits +3.4 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Mechanical Engineers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Ann Arbor, MI
Mechanical Engineers publishes $127,310 here versus $104,110 nationally (+22.3%; 2,280metro-area jobs). Next is Social and Human Service Assistants at $38,530 locally versus $45,930 nationally (-16.1%).
- Mechanical Engineers$127,310 in Ann Arbor, MI sits 22.3% above the national Mechanical Engineers median of $104,110 (2,280 published local jobs).
- Social and Human Service Assistants$38,530 in Ann Arbor, MI sits 16.1% below the national Social and Human Service Assistants median of $45,930 (2,110 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$38,350 in Ann Arbor, MI sits 14.8% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (5,460 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$40,230 in Ann Arbor, MI sits 14.2% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,710 published local jobs).
Mechanical Engineers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Ann Arbor, MI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 11460 · Ann Arbor, MI $70K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #46/528
- RPP-MID 100.9
- OCC-MOST 433 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $360K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-AHEAD +3.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Mount Vernon-Ana…
- BOOK-FULL 427 rows · May 2025
Read with Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA (+$174 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Ann Arbor, MI
Employment scale inside Ann Arbor, MI's top-pay list
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Ann Arbor, MI's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,220 jobs · $171,200
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 870 jobs · $143,580
- 3. Financial Managers 820 jobs · $139,500
- 4. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 790 jobs · $144,340
- 5. Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 710 jobs · $140,450
- 6. Architectural and Engineering Managers 670 jobs · $171,950
- 7. Sales Managers 650 jobs · $148,630
- 8. Pharmacists 570 jobs · $166,350
- 9. Managers, All Other 420 jobs · $147,220
- 10. Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 310 jobs · $137,720
- 11. Chief Executives 260 jobs · $335,900
- 12. Marketing Managers 260 jobs · $141,000
- 13. Human Resources Managers 240 jobs · $143,670
- 14. Natural Sciences Managers 210 jobs · $144,200
- 15. Dentists, General 190 jobs · $174,870
- 16. Fundraising Managers 180 jobs · $141,800
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 160 jobs · $214,100
- 18. Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 140 jobs · $142,840
Occupations Tracked
433
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$70,192
employment-weighted, 427 complete rows
Top Salary
$359,800
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
100.9
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Ann Arbor, MI
Lowest Paying Jobs in Ann Arbor, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Animal Trainers | $28,970 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,570 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,690 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $32,020 |
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers | $32,190 |
| Cashiers | $32,370 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $32,610 |
| Childcare Workers | $32,700 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,220 |
| Animal Caretakers | $33,520 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in MI
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside MI. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($70,192 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.