Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers publishes $80,590 here versus $105,770 nationally (-23.8%; 2,520metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $82,950 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-15.0%).
- General and Operations Managers$80,590 in Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 23.8% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,520 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$82,950 in Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 15.0% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,130 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$28,900 in Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 12.1% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (4,310 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$38,820 in Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 10.2% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,610 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2600002 · Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #428/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 361 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $238K
- EMP-MIX Industrial P…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Jackson, TN
- BOOK-FULL 350 rows · May 2025
Read with Jackson, TN (+$9 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 Northern Michigan nonmetrop…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Industrial Production Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Industrial Production Managers 320 jobs · $106,800
- 2. Financial Managers 300 jobs · $115,940
- 3. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 300 jobs · $100,840
- 4. Sales Managers 290 jobs · $104,870
- 5. Pharmacists 220 jobs · $134,560
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 190 jobs · $121,050
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 150 jobs · $136,990
- 8. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 150 jobs · $112,080
- 9. Dentists, General 140 jobs · $146,100
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 130 jobs · $129,000
- 11. Electrical Engineers 120 jobs · $100,220
- 12. Physician Assistants 110 jobs · $135,810
- 13. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 110 jobs · $104,160
- 14. Managers, All Other 110 jobs · $100,560
- 15. Physicians, All Other 100 jobs · $238,010
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 90 jobs · $224,910
- 17. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $164,880
- 18. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $114,590
Occupations Tracked
361
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,795
employment-weighted, 350 complete rows
Top Salary
$238,010
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Northern 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 | Industrial Production Managers | $106,800 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $115,940 |
| 3 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $100,840 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $104,870 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $134,560 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $121,050 |
| 7 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $136,990 |
| 8 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $112,080 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $146,100 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $129,000 |
| 11 | Electrical Engineers | $100,220 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $135,810 |
| 13 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $104,160 |
| 14 | Managers, All Other | $100,560 |
| 15 | Physicians, All Other | $238,010 |
| 16 | Family Medicine Physicians | $224,910 |
| 17 | Chief Executives | $164,880 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers | $114,590 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $126,560 |
| 20 | Veterinarians | $108,400 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $109,280 |
| 22 | Power Plant Operators | $114,790 |
| 23 | Purchasing Managers | $107,700 |
| 24 | Commercial Pilots | $124,230 |
| 25 | Optometrists | $122,550 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Parking Attendants | $26,220 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,440 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,980 |
| Dishwashers | $27,630 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,760 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $28,400 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,650 |
| Cashiers | $28,900 |
| Animal Caretakers | $28,970 |
| Protective Service Workers, All Other | $29,930 |
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 ($52,795 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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- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area at $238,010/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $52,795 across 350 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.