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.
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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