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.
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.
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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How to use Lansing-East Lansing, MI wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Lansing-East Lansing, MI at $307,290/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $64,643 adjusts to about $68,052 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 95.0. 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.