Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI moved from $43,140 in May 2024 to $46,060 in May 2025 (+6.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI sits +3.7 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
Retail Salespersons publishes $30,570 here versus $35,410 nationally (-13.7%; 2,360metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $28,850 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-7.5%).
- Retail Salespersons$30,570 in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI sits 13.7% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,360 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,850 in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI sits 7.5% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,740 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 34740 · Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #394/528
- RPP-LOW 92.5
- OCC-MID 252 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $243K
- EMP-MIX Industrial P…
- TREND-AHEAD +3.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Wheeling, WV-OH
- BOOK-MOST 252 rows · May 2025
Read with Wheeling, WV-OH ($4 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 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
Employment scale inside Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI's top-pay list
Industrial Production Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Industrial Production Managers 280 jobs · $124,100
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 210 jobs · $104,970
- 3. Pharmacists 180 jobs · $141,460
- 4. Financial Managers 180 jobs · $120,070
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 180 jobs · $99,780
- 6. Sales Managers 170 jobs · $121,460
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 130 jobs · $154,140
- 8. Lawyers 130 jobs · $97,300
- 9. Physical Therapists 120 jobs · $97,710
- 10. Physician Assistants 110 jobs · $132,230
- 11. Personal Financial Advisors 100 jobs · $159,990
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $124,960
- 13. Electrical Engineers 90 jobs · $101,990
- 14. Software Developers 90 jobs · $101,940
- 15. Construction Managers 80 jobs · $102,640
- 16. Chief Executives 70 jobs · $177,090
- 17. Managers, All Other 70 jobs · $116,820
- 18. Nurse Anesthetists 60 jobs · $243,270
Occupations Tracked
252
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,663
employment-weighted, 252 complete rows
Top Salary
$243,270
Nurse Anesthetists
Cost of Living
92.5
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurse Anesthetists | $243,270 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $220,540 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $177,090 |
| 4 | Personal Financial Advisors | $159,990 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $154,140 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $141,460 |
| 7 | Physician Assistants | $132,230 |
| 8 | Human Resources Managers | $130,580 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $124,960 |
| 10 | Industrial Production Managers | $124,100 |
| 11 | Marketing Managers | $124,070 |
| 12 | Dentists, General | $123,240 |
| 13 | Sales Managers | $121,460 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $120,070 |
| 15 | Nurse Practitioners | $117,670 |
| 16 | Managers, All Other | $116,820 |
| 17 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $112,520 |
| 18 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $104,970 |
| 19 | Administrative Services Managers | $103,010 |
| 20 | Construction Managers | $102,640 |
| 21 | Electrical Engineers | $101,990 |
| 22 | Software Developers | $101,940 |
| 23 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $99,780 |
| 24 | Physical Therapists | $97,710 |
| 25 | Lawyers | $97,300 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,110 |
| Animal Caretakers | $28,560 |
| Cashiers | $28,590 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,820 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,850 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | $29,140 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $29,190 |
| Childcare Workers | $29,260 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,300 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,320 |
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 ($53,663 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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