Bay City, MI Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Bay City, MI moved from $41,940 in May 2024 to $45,620 in May 2025 (+8.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Bay City, MI sits +5.7 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 13020 · Bay City, MI $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #368/528
- RPP-LOW 91.9
- OCC-THIN 176 occs
- TOP-LEAD Chief Executives · $248K
- EMP-MIX Chemists
- TREND-AHEAD +5.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Great Falls, MT
- BOOK-MOST 176 rows · May 2025
Read with Great Falls, MT ($6 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 Bay City, MI
Where Bay City, MI already employs the upper wage tier
Chemists and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Bay City, MI's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Chemists 250 jobs · $132,480
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 170 jobs · $113,810
- 3. Industrial Engineers 160 jobs · $102,590
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 150 jobs · $101,050
- 5. Financial Managers 120 jobs · $124,130
- 6. Sales Managers 110 jobs · $130,760
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 100 jobs · $159,850
- 8. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 100 jobs · $99,390
- 9. Software Developers 90 jobs · $124,420
- 10. Construction Managers 70 jobs · $99,730
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 60 jobs · $160,560
- 12. Pharmacists 60 jobs · $135,330
- 13. Lawyers 60 jobs · $101,540
- 14. Mechanical Engineers 60 jobs · $96,000
- 15. Natural Sciences Managers 50 jobs · $204,120
- 16. Nurse Practitioners 50 jobs · $127,830
- 17. Facilities Managers 50 jobs · $104,830
- 18. Electrical Engineers 50 jobs · $101,480
Occupations Tracked
176
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,569
employment-weighted, 176 complete rows
Top Salary
$247,680
Chief Executives
Cost of Living
91.9
8% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Bay City, 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 | Chemists | $132,480 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $113,810 |
| 3 | Industrial Engineers | $102,590 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $101,050 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $124,130 |
| 6 | Sales Managers | $130,760 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $159,850 |
| 8 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $99,390 |
| 9 | Software Developers | $124,420 |
| 10 | Construction Managers | $99,730 |
| 11 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,560 |
| 12 | Pharmacists | $135,330 |
| 13 | Lawyers | $101,540 |
| 14 | Mechanical Engineers | $96,000 |
| 15 | Natural Sciences Managers | $204,120 |
| 16 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,830 |
| 17 | Facilities Managers | $104,830 |
| 18 | Electrical Engineers | $101,480 |
| 19 | Power Plant Operators | $98,930 |
| 20 | Chief Executives | $247,680 |
| 21 | Managers, All Other | $117,620 |
| 22 | Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door | $100,820 |
| 23 | Computer Systems Analysts | $94,820 |
| 24 | Management Analysts | $114,610 |
| 25 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $102,060 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Bay City, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $25,960 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,060 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,060 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $28,080 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $28,440 |
| Childcare Workers | $28,660 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $28,790 |
| Funeral Attendants | $28,900 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,070 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,120 |
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 ($54,569 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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