Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers publishes $78,740 here versus $105,770 nationally (-25.6%; 2,940metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $28,100 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-14.5%).
- General and Operations Managers$78,740 in Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 25.6% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,940 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$28,100 in Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 14.5% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (4,810 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$83,660 in Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 14.2% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,030 published local jobs).
- Stockers and Order Fillers$32,210 in Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 13.7% below the national Stockers and Order Fillers median of $37,330 (3,120 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2600003 · Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #359/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MOST 405 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $267K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH South Nebraska n…
- BOOK-FULL 403 rows · May 2025
Read with South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area ($7 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Mid Michigan nonmetropolita…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Financial Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 550 jobs · $116,340
- 2. Sales Managers 490 jobs · $121,620
- 3. Industrial Production Managers 480 jobs · $105,820
- 4. Software Developers 370 jobs · $102,870
- 5. Pharmacists 350 jobs · $132,280
- 6. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 280 jobs · $107,110
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 260 jobs · $121,170
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 240 jobs · $135,580
- 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 220 jobs · $141,520
- 10. Physician Assistants 180 jobs · $128,340
- 11. Chief Executives 170 jobs · $157,020
- 12. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 170 jobs · $107,420
- 13. Human Resources Managers 130 jobs · $125,720
- 14. Marketing Managers 110 jobs · $115,440
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $236,450
- 16. Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 100 jobs · $127,320
- 17. Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 100 jobs · $103,510
- 18. Physicians, All Other 90 jobs · $221,980
Occupations Tracked
405
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,983
employment-weighted, 403 complete rows
Top Salary
$267,440
Nurse Anesthetists
Top-pay occupations in Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area, 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 | Financial Managers | $116,340 |
| 2 | Sales Managers | $121,620 |
| 3 | Industrial Production Managers | $105,820 |
| 4 | Software Developers | $102,870 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $132,280 |
| 6 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $107,110 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $121,170 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $135,580 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $141,520 |
| 10 | Physician Assistants | $128,340 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $157,020 |
| 12 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $107,420 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $125,720 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $115,440 |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physicians | $236,450 |
| 16 | Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | $127,320 |
| 17 | Communications Teachers, Postsecondary | $103,510 |
| 18 | Physicians, All Other | $221,980 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $107,700 |
| 20 | Dentists, General | $201,410 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $129,480 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $124,850 |
| 23 | Public Relations Managers | $102,660 |
| 24 | Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary | $102,700 |
| 25 | Nurse Anesthetists | $267,440 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | $25,960 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,420 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,640 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,660 |
| Dishwashers | $27,680 |
| Cashiers | $28,100 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $28,440 |
| Tutors | $28,510 |
| Childcare Workers | $29,590 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,790 |
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 ($54,983 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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- Nurse Anesthetists leads published medians in Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area at $267,440/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Nurse Anesthetists
- Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $54,983 across 403 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan 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 local-area 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.