Midland, MI Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Midland, MI moved from $50,650 in May 2024 to $49,340 in May 2025 (-2.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Midland, MI sits -5.7 pp behind 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.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Midland, MI
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $36,950 here versus $35,800 nationally (+3.2%; 2,700metro-area jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$36,950 in Midland, MI sits 3.2% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,700 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Midland, MI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 33220 · Midland, MI $62K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-BEHIND · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #147/528
- RPP-LOW 91.9
- OCC-THIN 168 occs
- TOP-LEAD Chief Executives · $588K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-BEHIND -5.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Atlantic City-Ha…
- BOOK-MOST 168 rows · May 2025
Read with Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ ($55 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 Midland, MI
Where Midland, MI already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Midland, MI's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 620 jobs · $98,270
- 2. Financial Managers 310 jobs · $173,080
- 3. Chemists 240 jobs · $105,710
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 230 jobs · $112,320
- 5. Computer Systems Analysts 210 jobs · $102,840
- 6. Project Management Specialists 200 jobs · $100,190
- 7. Industrial Engineers 170 jobs · $104,700
- 8. Mechanical Engineers 120 jobs · $109,230
- 9. Management Analysts 120 jobs · $99,590
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $166,460
- 11. Industrial Production Managers 110 jobs · $154,070
- 12. Physician Assistants 110 jobs · $129,860
- 13. Construction Managers 110 jobs · $95,540
- 14. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $147,830
- 15. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $170,710
- 16. Sales Managers 80 jobs · $128,280
- 17. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 80 jobs · $110,310
- 18. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $587,950
Occupations Tracked
168
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$62,379
employment-weighted, 168 complete rows
Top Salary
$587,950
Chief Executives
Cost of Living
91.9
8% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Midland, MI, 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 | $98,270 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $173,080 |
| 3 | Chemists | $105,710 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $112,320 |
| 5 | Computer Systems Analysts | $102,840 |
| 6 | Project Management Specialists | $100,190 |
| 7 | Industrial Engineers | $104,700 |
| 8 | Mechanical Engineers | $109,230 |
| 9 | Management Analysts | $99,590 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $166,460 |
| 11 | Industrial Production Managers | $154,070 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $129,860 |
| 13 | Construction Managers | $95,540 |
| 14 | Pharmacists | $147,830 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $170,710 |
| 16 | Sales Managers | $128,280 |
| 17 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $110,310 |
| 18 | Chief Executives | $587,950 |
| 19 | Natural Sciences Managers | $212,130 |
| 20 | Administrative Services Managers | $123,690 |
| 21 | Information Security Analysts | $105,830 |
| 22 | Facilities Managers | $114,330 |
| 23 | Civil Engineers | $96,730 |
| 24 | Dentists, General | $167,770 |
| 25 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $102,280 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Midland, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,090 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $27,290 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $27,830 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,080 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,480 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,300 |
| Childcare Workers | $29,880 |
| Animal Caretakers | $30,220 |
| Cashiers | $30,280 |
| Dishwashers | $30,320 |
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 ($62,379 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 Midland, MI wage figures in a real decision
- Chief Executives leads published medians in Midland, MI at $587,950/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Chief Executives
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $62,379 adjusts to about $67,862 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.9. 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.