Flint, MI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Flint, MI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Flint, MI moved from $45,010 in May 2024 to $45,880 in May 2025 (+1.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Flint, MI sits -1.2 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Flint, MI
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $44,030 here versus $35,230 nationally (+25.0%; 2,120metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $83,020 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-21.5%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$44,030 in Flint, MI sits 25.0% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,120 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$83,020 in Flint, MI sits 21.5% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,360 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$29,380 in Flint, MI sits 10.6% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (3,560 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,330 in Flint, MI sits 9.2% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (4,800 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Flint, MI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 22420 · Flint, MI $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #291/528
- RPP-LOW 93.0
- OCC-MID 329 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $241K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -1.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Watertown-Fort D…
- BOOK-FULL 324 rows · May 2025
Read with Watertown-Fort Drum, NY ($5 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 Flint, MI
Employment scale inside Flint, MI's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Flint, MI's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 500 jobs · $128,950
- 2. Sales Managers 350 jobs · $122,600
- 3. Physicians, All Other 290 jobs · $199,990
- 4. Physician Assistants 280 jobs · $125,190
- 5. Construction Managers 280 jobs · $108,760
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 270 jobs · $126,020
- 7. Pharmacists 260 jobs · $132,020
- 8. Lawyers 260 jobs · $107,830
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 220 jobs · $154,870
- 10. Dentists, General 170 jobs · $177,720
- 11. Managers, All Other 170 jobs · $123,820
- 12. Administrative Services Managers 170 jobs · $106,180
- 13. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 130 jobs · $125,730
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 120 jobs · $195,850
- 15. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 120 jobs · $126,400
- 16. Human Resources Managers 120 jobs · $123,740
- 17. Chief Executives 110 jobs · $197,790
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 100 jobs · $132,920
Occupations Tracked
329
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,015
employment-weighted, 324 complete rows
Top Salary
$240,540
Nurse Anesthetists
Cost of Living
93.0
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Flint, MI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurse Anesthetists | $240,540 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $199,990 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $197,790 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $195,850 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $177,720 |
| 6 | Database Architects | $157,100 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $154,870 |
| 8 | Optometrists | $134,030 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $132,920 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $132,020 |
| 11 | Pediatricians, General | $130,900 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $128,950 |
| 13 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $126,400 |
| 14 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,020 |
| 15 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $125,730 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $125,190 |
| 17 | Veterinarians | $124,930 |
| 18 | Managers, All Other | $123,820 |
| 19 | Human Resources Managers | $123,740 |
| 20 | Sales Managers | $122,600 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers | $121,830 |
| 22 | Computer Network Architects | $120,720 |
| 23 | Construction Managers | $108,760 |
| 24 | Lawyers | $107,830 |
| 25 | Administrative Services Managers | $106,180 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Flint, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Library Technicians | $25,960 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $27,100 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,130 |
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers | $27,320 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,150 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,330 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,510 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,780 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,950 |
| Dishwashers | $29,030 |
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 ($57,015 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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