Lansing-East Lansing, MI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Lansing-East Lansing, MI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Lansing-East Lansing, MI moved from $50,620 in May 2024 to $52,800 in May 2025 (+4.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Lansing-East Lansing, MI sits +1.2 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Software Developers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Lansing-East Lansing, MI
Software Developers publishes $97,120 here versus $135,980 nationally (-28.6%; 3,020metro-area jobs). Next is Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators at $55,120 locally versus $44,650 nationally (+23.4%).
- Software Developers$97,120 in Lansing-East Lansing, MI sits 28.6% below the national Software Developers median of $135,980 (3,020 published local jobs).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$55,120 in Lansing-East Lansing, MI sits 23.4% above the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (6,170 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$50,820 in Lansing-East Lansing, MI sits 18.4% above the national Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary median of $42,910 (2,110 published local jobs).
- Computer User Support Specialists$50,840 in Lansing-East Lansing, MI sits 17.8% below the national Computer User Support Specialists median of $61,860 (2,050 published local jobs).
Software Developers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Lansing-East Lansing, MI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 29620 · Lansing-East Lansing, MI $65K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #108/528
- RPP-LOW 95.0
- OCC-MOST 457 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $307K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +1.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Jacksonville, FL
- BOOK-FULL 449 rows · May 2025
Read with Jacksonville, FL ($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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI
Employment scale inside Lansing-East Lansing, MI's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Lawyers lead published employment inside Lansing-East Lansing, MI's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 1,190 jobs · $132,590
- 2. Lawyers 1,130 jobs · $128,610
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,050 jobs · $134,440
- 4. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 700 jobs · $139,470
- 5. Sales Managers 600 jobs · $124,630
- 6. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 480 jobs · $158,720
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 360 jobs · $134,540
- 8. Pharmacists 330 jobs · $133,300
- 9. Physicians, All Other 320 jobs · $307,290
- 10. Chief Executives 320 jobs · $190,650
- 11. Nurse Practitioners 270 jobs · $129,450
- 12. Marketing Managers 270 jobs · $126,890
- 13. Human Resources Managers 260 jobs · $131,420
- 14. Physician Assistants 260 jobs · $128,230
- 15. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 240 jobs · $139,380
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 150 jobs · $206,110
- 17. Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 120 jobs · $144,660
- 18. Nurse Anesthetists 100 jobs · $250,570
Occupations Tracked
457
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$64,643
employment-weighted, 449 complete rows
Top Salary
$307,290
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
95.0
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Lansing-East Lansing, MI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $307,290 |
| 2 | Nurse Anesthetists | $250,570 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $206,110 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $190,650 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $164,610 |
| 6 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $158,720 |
| 7 | Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers | $144,660 |
| 8 | Law Teachers, Postsecondary | $139,710 |
| 9 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $139,470 |
| 10 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $139,380 |
| 11 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $134,540 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $134,440 |
| 13 | Pharmacists | $133,300 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $132,590 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $131,420 |
| 16 | Optometrists | $130,710 |
| 17 | Nurse Practitioners | $129,450 |
| 18 | Lawyers | $128,610 |
| 19 | Commercial Pilots | $128,500 |
| 20 | Physician Assistants | $128,230 |
| 21 | Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $127,880 |
| 22 | Managers, All Other | $127,150 |
| 23 | Purchasing Managers | $126,950 |
| 24 | Marketing Managers | $126,890 |
| 25 | Sales Managers | $124,630 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lansing-East Lansing, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,340 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,340 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,400 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $28,520 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,640 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $29,060 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $29,340 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,440 |
| School Bus Monitors | $29,540 |
| Cashiers | $29,930 |
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 ($64,643 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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