Battle Creek, MI Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.5) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Battle Creek, MI moved from $48,200 in May 2024 to $48,690 in May 2025 (+1.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Battle Creek, MI sits -2.1 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Battle Creek, MI
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators publishes $49,100 here versus $44,650 nationally (+10.0%; 2,710metro-area jobs).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$49,100 in Battle Creek, MI sits 10.0% above the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (2,710 published local jobs).
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Battle Creek, MI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 12980 · Battle Creek, MI $60K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-BEHIND · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #208/528
- RPP-LOW 90.5
- OCC-MID 223 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $292K
- EMP-MIX Computer Occ…
- TREND-BEHIND -2.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Asheville, NC
- BOOK-MOST 222 rows · May 2025
Read with Asheville, NC ($2 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Battle Creek, MI
Where Battle Creek, MI already employs the upper wage tier
Computer Occupations, All Other and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Battle Creek, MI's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer Occupations, All Other 300 jobs · $112,400
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 300 jobs · $105,710
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 230 jobs · $126,050
- 4. Mechanical Engineers 230 jobs · $100,950
- 5. Software Developers 190 jobs · $126,050
- 6. Financial Managers 180 jobs · $127,370
- 7. Sales Managers 170 jobs · $132,120
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 140 jobs · $152,500
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 110 jobs · $142,770
- 10. Marketing Managers 110 jobs · $140,680
- 11. Pharmacists 110 jobs · $140,240
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $124,630
- 13. Occupational Therapists 110 jobs · $102,230
- 14. Physical Therapists 100 jobs · $103,920
- 15. Managers, All Other 90 jobs · $141,130
- 16. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 90 jobs · $104,240
- 17. Construction Managers 90 jobs · $102,300
- 18. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $130,870
Occupations Tracked
223
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,519
employment-weighted, 222 complete rows
Top Salary
$292,490
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
90.5
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Battle Creek, MI, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $112,400 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $105,710 |
| 3 | Industrial Production Managers | $126,050 |
| 4 | Mechanical Engineers | $100,950 |
| 5 | Software Developers | $126,050 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $127,370 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $132,120 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $152,500 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $142,770 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $140,680 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $140,240 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,630 |
| 13 | Occupational Therapists | $102,230 |
| 14 | Physical Therapists | $103,920 |
| 15 | Managers, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $141,130 |
| 16 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,240 |
| 17 | Construction Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,300 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $130,870 |
| 19 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $123,250 |
| 20 | Lawyers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,770 |
| 21 | Chief Executives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $211,560 |
| 22 | Family Medicine Physicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $292,490 |
| 23 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $148,460 |
| 24 | Engineers, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $112,260 |
| 25 | Physicians, All Other | $238,660 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Battle Creek, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,790 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,100 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,140 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $29,650 |
| Cashiers | $30,280 |
| Childcare Workers | $30,940 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $31,310 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $31,600 |
| Animal Caretakers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $31,940 |
| Dishwashers | $32,080 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($59,519 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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How to use Battle Creek, MI wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Battle Creek, MI at $292,490/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,519 adjusts to about $65,737 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 90.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for MI before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.