Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI moved from $47,360 in May 2024 to $48,510 in May 2025 (+2.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Kalamazoo-Portage, MI sits -0.7 pp behind 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.
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators publishes $38,880 here versus $44,650 nationally (-12.9%; 3,090metro-area jobs). Next is Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $44,350 locally versus $40,240 nationally (+10.2%).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$38,880 in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI sits 12.9% below the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (3,090 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$44,350 in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI sits 10.2% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (3,030 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$88,200 in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI sits 9.6% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,300 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$29,820 in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI sits 9.3% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,170 published local jobs).
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 28020 · Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $62K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #161/528
- RPP-LOW 94.8
- OCC-MID 346 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $306K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Topeka, KS
- BOOK-FULL 339 rows · May 2025
Read with Topeka, KS (+$29 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 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
Employment scale inside Kalamazoo-Portage, MI's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Kalamazoo-Portage, MI's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 560 jobs · $130,760
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 490 jobs · $127,770
- 3. Sales Managers 480 jobs · $128,360
- 4. Software Developers 430 jobs · $118,100
- 5. Physicians, All Other 390 jobs · $305,510
- 6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 350 jobs · $128,560
- 7. Lawyers 330 jobs · $112,400
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 310 jobs · $137,390
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 300 jobs · $126,460
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 290 jobs · $149,030
- 11. Pharmacists 250 jobs · $140,910
- 12. Managers, All Other 240 jobs · $130,590
- 13. Physician Assistants 210 jobs · $127,570
- 14. Chief Executives 150 jobs · $285,300
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 150 jobs · $244,310
- 16. Marketing Managers 150 jobs · $131,500
- 17. Human Resources Managers 150 jobs · $131,350
- 18. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $187,770
Occupations Tracked
346
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$61,545
employment-weighted, 339 complete rows
Top Salary
$305,510
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
94.8
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $305,510 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $285,300 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $244,310 |
| 4 | Pediatricians, General | $232,880 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $187,770 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $149,030 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $140,910 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $137,390 |
| 9 | Optometrists | $131,770 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $131,500 |
| 11 | Human Resources Managers | $131,350 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $130,760 |
| 13 | Managers, All Other | $130,590 |
| 14 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $128,560 |
| 15 | Sales Managers | $128,360 |
| 16 | Industrial Production Managers | $127,770 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $127,570 |
| 18 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,460 |
| 19 | Purchasing Managers | $125,220 |
| 20 | Fundraising Managers | $122,340 |
| 21 | Software Developers | $118,100 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $115,210 |
| 23 | Natural Sciences Managers | $114,480 |
| 24 | Lawyers | $112,400 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers | $110,060 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $27,380 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $27,440 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,920 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $27,920 |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | $28,660 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,790 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,250 |
| Dishwashers | $29,250 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,300 |
| Animal Caretakers | $29,710 |
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 ($61,545 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 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI at $305,510/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $61,545 adjusts to about $64,894 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 94.8. 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.