Michigan City-La Porte, IN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.7) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Michigan City-La Porte, IN moved from $44,190 in May 2024 to $45,540 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Michigan City-La Porte, IN sits -0.0 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 33140 · Michigan City-La Porte, IN $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #420/528
- RPP-LOW 91.7
- OCC-THIN 195 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $355K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Pocatello, ID
- BOOK-MOST 195 rows · May 2025
Read with Pocatello, ID ($2 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Michigan City-La Porte, IN
Where Michigan City-La Porte, IN already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators lead published employment inside Michigan City-La Porte, IN's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 580 jobs · $95,370
- 2. Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 170 jobs · $98,120
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 140 jobs · $106,380
- 4. Industrial Engineers 130 jobs · $97,360
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 120 jobs · $100,620
- 6. Financial Managers 110 jobs · $128,900
- 7. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 110 jobs · $96,590
- 8. Sales Managers 100 jobs · $140,630
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 100 jobs · $124,520
- 10. Lawyers 70 jobs · $116,060
- 11. Facilities Managers 70 jobs · $102,620
- 12. Construction Managers 70 jobs · $100,320
- 13. Software Developers 70 jobs · $98,510
- 14. Pharmacists 60 jobs · $148,110
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 60 jobs · $131,760
- 16. Electrical Engineers 60 jobs · $102,630
- 17. Management Analysts 60 jobs · $101,460
- 18. Physicians, All Other 50 jobs · $354,700
Occupations Tracked
195
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,979
employment-weighted, 195 complete rows
Top Salary
$354,700
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
91.7
8% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Michigan City-La Porte, IN, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General and Operations Managers | $95,370 |
| 2 | Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators | $98,120 |
| 3 | Industrial Production Managers | $106,380 |
| 4 | Industrial Engineers | $97,360 |
| 5 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $100,620 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $128,900 |
| 7 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $96,590 |
| 8 | Sales Managers | $140,630 |
| 9 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,520 |
| 10 | Lawyers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $116,060 |
| 11 | Facilities Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,620 |
| 12 | Construction Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $100,320 |
| 13 | Software Developers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,510 |
| 14 | Pharmacists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $148,110 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $131,760 |
| 16 | Electrical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,630 |
| 17 | Management Analysts Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $101,460 |
| 18 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $354,700 |
| 19 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $121,750 |
| 20 | Administrative Services Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $103,640 |
| 21 | Physical Therapists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,420 |
| 22 | Sheet Metal Workers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $93,350 |
| 23 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $97,920 |
| 24 | Veterinarians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $126,500 |
| 25 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,740 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Michigan City-La Porte, IN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $22,430 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $25,720 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,020 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $27,210 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,250 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,260 |
| Dishwashers | $28,330 |
| Cooks, Short Order Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,390 |
| Cashiers | $28,520 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $28,640 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Other BLS Wage Areas in IN
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 IN. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($52,979 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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 Michigan City-La Porte, IN wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Michigan City-La Porte, IN at $354,700/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $52,979 adjusts to about $57,786 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.7. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for IN 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.