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.
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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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.