Saginaw, MI Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Saginaw, MI moved from $45,630 in May 2024 to $46,200 in May 2025 (+1.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Saginaw, MI sits -1.9 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.
Customer Service Representatives shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Saginaw, MI
Customer Service Representatives publishes $36,150 here versus $44,770 nationally (-19.3%; 2,320metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $31,210 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-11.9%).
- Customer Service Representatives$36,150 in Saginaw, MI sits 19.3% below the national Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 (2,320 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$31,210 in Saginaw, MI sits 11.9% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,410 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$29,300 in Saginaw, MI sits 10.9% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,000 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$95,160 in Saginaw, MI sits 2.5% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,570 published local jobs).
Customer Service Representatives and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Saginaw, MI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 40980 · Saginaw, MI $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #259/528
- RPP-LOW 90.9
- OCC-MID 282 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $260K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -1.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Jackson, MI
- BOOK-MOST 280 rows · May 2025
Read with Jackson, MI (+$0 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 Saginaw, MI
Where Saginaw, MI already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Saginaw, MI's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 410 jobs · $129,020
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 360 jobs · $112,740
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 260 jobs · $123,580
- 4. Sales Managers 250 jobs · $127,720
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 230 jobs · $111,860
- 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 220 jobs · $104,410
- 7. Physicians, All Other 210 jobs · $234,950
- 8. Lawyers 200 jobs · $104,760
- 9. Pharmacists 160 jobs · $144,470
- 10. Family Medicine Physicians 150 jobs · $236,610
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 150 jobs · $143,910
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 150 jobs · $134,640
- 13. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $130,270
- 14. Managers, All Other 110 jobs · $124,990
- 15. Facilities Managers 100 jobs · $104,760
- 16. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $200,190
- 17. Human Resources Managers 90 jobs · $123,120
- 18. Electrical Engineers 90 jobs · $109,440
Occupations Tracked
282
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,204
employment-weighted, 280 complete rows
Top Salary
$259,950
Nurse Anesthetists
Cost of Living
90.9
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Saginaw, 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 | Financial Managers | $129,020 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $112,740 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $123,580 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $127,720 |
| 5 | Industrial Production Managers | $111,860 |
| 6 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $104,410 |
| 7 | Physicians, All Other | $234,950 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $104,760 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $144,470 |
| 10 | Family Medicine Physicians | $236,610 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $143,910 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $134,640 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $130,270 |
| 14 | Managers, All Other | $124,990 |
| 15 | Facilities Managers | $104,760 |
| 16 | Chief Executives | $200,190 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $123,120 |
| 18 | Electrical Engineers | $109,440 |
| 19 | Nurse Anesthetists | $259,950 |
| 20 | Marketing Managers | $131,020 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $165,410 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $120,140 |
| 23 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $234,160 |
| 24 | Information Security Analysts | $107,970 |
| 25 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $126,860 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Saginaw, MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,550 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,930 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,280 |
| Printing Press Operators | $28,490 |
| Dishwashers | $28,580 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $28,960 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,010 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $29,230 |
| Cashiers | $29,300 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $29,370 |
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 ($58,204 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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How to use Saginaw, MI wage figures in a real decision
- Nurse Anesthetists leads published medians in Saginaw, MI at $259,950/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Nurse Anesthetists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $58,204 adjusts to about $64,037 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 90.9. 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.