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.
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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