Niles, MI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Niles, MI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Niles, MI moved from $45,180 in May 2024 to $45,980 in May 2025 (+1.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Niles, MI sits -1.3 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 35660 · Niles, MI $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #332/528
- RPP-LOW 92.4
- OCC-MID 239 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $230K
- EMP-MIX Mechanical E…
- TREND-INLINE -1.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Punta Gorda, FL
- BOOK-MOST 239 rows · May 2025
Read with Punta Gorda, FL (+$1 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 Niles, MI
Employment scale inside Niles, MI's top-pay list
Mechanical Engineers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Niles, MI's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Mechanical Engineers 550 jobs · $106,320
- 2. Financial Managers 260 jobs · $127,650
- 3. Architectural and Engineering Managers 240 jobs · $146,850
- 4. Sales Managers 240 jobs · $136,880
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 240 jobs · $109,470
- 6. Software Developers 160 jobs · $111,720
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 150 jobs · $162,310
- 8. Medical and Health Services Managers 140 jobs · $106,660
- 9. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 140 jobs · $106,630
- 10. Electrical Engineers 130 jobs · $104,310
- 11. Lawyers 110 jobs · $123,030
- 12. Marketing Managers 90 jobs · $159,810
- 13. Managers, All Other 90 jobs · $150,350
- 14. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $140,290
- 15. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $127,700
- 16. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $106,020
- 17. Human Resources Managers 70 jobs · $148,360
- 18. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 70 jobs · $113,680
Occupations Tracked
239
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,674
employment-weighted, 239 complete rows
Top Salary
$229,740
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
92.4
8% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Niles, MI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians | $229,740 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $210,620 |
| 3 | Dentists, General | $165,950 |
| 4 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $162,310 |
| 5 | Marketing Managers | $159,810 |
| 6 | Managers, All Other | $150,350 |
| 7 | Human Resources Managers | $148,360 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $146,850 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $140,290 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $136,880 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $128,480 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,700 |
| 13 | Financial Managers | $127,650 |
| 14 | Lawyers | $123,030 |
| 15 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $113,680 |
| 16 | Software Developers | $111,720 |
| 17 | Industrial Production Managers | $109,470 |
| 18 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $106,660 |
| 19 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $106,630 |
| 20 | Mechanical Engineers | $106,320 |
| 21 | Physical Therapists | $106,020 |
| 22 | Electrical Engineers | $104,310 |
| 23 | Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door | $103,580 |
| 24 | Purchasing Managers | $100,890 |
| 25 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $99,850 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Niles, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,650 |
| Library Technicians | $27,650 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,740 |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | $28,050 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,130 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,170 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,240 |
| Childcare Workers | $28,400 |
| Cashiers | $29,550 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $29,640 |
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 ($55,674 here) and summed published employment.
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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 Niles, MI wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Niles, MI at $229,740/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $55,674 adjusts to about $60,273 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 92.4. 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.