Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI moved from $50,740 in May 2024 to $52,080 in May 2025 (+2.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI sits -0.5 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Physicians, All Other shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Physicians, All Other publishes $68,220 here versus $265,930 nationally (-74.3%; 6,580metro-area jobs). Next is Chief Executives at $304,110 locally versus $213,990 nationally (+42.1%).
- Physicians, All Other$68,220 in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI sits 74.3% below the national Physicians, All Other median of $265,930 (6,580 published local jobs).
- Chief Executives$304,110 in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI sits 42.1% above the national Chief Executives median of $213,990 (2,070 published local jobs).
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$86,370 in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI sits 35.4% above the national Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters median of $63,800 (5,520 published local jobs).
- Electricians$81,990 in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI sits 29.8% above the national Electricians median of $63,190 (11,210 published local jobs).
Physicians, All Other and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 19820 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $69K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #59/528
- RPP-MID 100.3
- OCC-MOST 669 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $561K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Providence-Warwi…
- BOOK-FULL 646 rows · May 2025
Read with Providence-Warwick, RI-MA ($95 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Employment scale inside Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Architectural and Engineering Managers lead published employment inside Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 11,670 jobs · $160,240
- 2. Architectural and Engineering Managers 9,260 jobs · $168,550
- 3. Sales Managers 8,760 jobs · $155,560
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 7,980 jobs · $170,040
- 5. Marketing Managers 3,370 jobs · $149,310
- 6. Human Resources Managers 3,090 jobs · $149,980
- 7. Chief Executives 2,070 jobs · $304,110
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 1,940 jobs · $181,990
- 9. Dentists, General 1,700 jobs · $167,860
- 10. Purchasing Managers 1,490 jobs · $163,660
- 11. General Internal Medicine Physicians 1,230 jobs · $149,990
- 12. Nurse Anesthetists 1,170 jobs · $243,130
- 13. Pediatricians, General 730 jobs · $218,000
- 14. Optometrists 610 jobs · $142,690
- 15. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 550 jobs · $209,550
- 16. Emergency Medicine Physicians 520 jobs · $447,750
- 17. Compensation and Benefits Managers 330 jobs · $162,490
- 18. Podiatrists 220 jobs · $168,940
Occupations Tracked
669
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$68,649
employment-weighted, 646 complete rows
Top Salary
$561,070
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
100.3
0% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons, All Other | $561,070 |
| 2 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $447,750 |
| 3 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $428,570 |
| 4 | Psychiatrists | $339,340 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $304,110 |
| 6 | Dermatologists | $269,110 |
| 7 | Nurse Anesthetists | $243,130 |
| 8 | Pediatricians, General | $218,000 |
| 9 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $209,550 |
| 10 | Physicists | $199,170 |
| 11 | Family Medicine Physicians | $181,990 |
| 12 | Air Traffic Controllers | $178,310 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $170,040 |
| 14 | Podiatrists | $168,940 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $168,550 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $167,860 |
| 17 | Purchasing Managers | $163,660 |
| 18 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $162,490 |
| 19 | Financial Managers | $160,240 |
| 20 | Sales Managers | $155,560 |
| 21 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $149,990 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $149,980 |
| 23 | Marketing Managers | $149,310 |
| 24 | Optometrists | $142,690 |
| 25 | Law Teachers, Postsecondary | $141,220 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Craft Artists | $25,960 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $28,570 |
| Gambling Dealers | $29,120 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,290 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,320 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,540 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,590 |
| Library Technicians | $29,640 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,810 |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | $29,890 |
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 ($68,649 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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How to use Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI wage figures in a real decision
- Surgeons, All Other leads published medians in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI at $561,070/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Surgeons, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $68,649 adjusts to about $68,445 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.3. 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.