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.
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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