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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