Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area
Cashiers publishes $28,700 here versus $32,880 nationally (-12.7%; 3,490metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $92,990 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-12.1%).
- Cashiers$28,700 in Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 12.7% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (3,490 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$92,990 in Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 12.1% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,540 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,120 in Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 9.9% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,220 published local jobs).
- Stockers and Order Fillers$34,880 in Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area sits 6.6% below the national Stockers and Order Fillers median of $37,330 (3,080 published local jobs).
Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2600004 · Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #294/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 361 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $299K
- EMP-MIX Mechanical E…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Port St. Lucie, FL
- BOOK-FULL 358 rows · May 2025
Read with Port St. Lucie, FL (+$4 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 Southern Michigan nonmetrop…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Mechanical Engineers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Mechanical Engineers 1,060 jobs · $121,220
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 800 jobs · $113,930
- 3. Software Developers 510 jobs · $124,560
- 4. Financial Managers 480 jobs · $129,380
- 5. Sales Managers 450 jobs · $126,300
- 6. Architectural and Engineering Managers 360 jobs · $159,960
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 260 jobs · $151,510
- 8. Electrical Engineers 260 jobs · $115,660
- 9. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 230 jobs · $131,390
- 10. Pharmacists 220 jobs · $129,060
- 11. Managers, All Other 180 jobs · $130,000
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 150 jobs · $126,850
- 13. Chief Executives 140 jobs · $198,390
- 14. Natural Sciences Managers 120 jobs · $130,760
- 15. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $130,010
- 16. Marketing Managers 100 jobs · $129,620
- 17. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $178,410
- 18. Purchasing Managers 80 jobs · $129,260
Occupations Tracked
361
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,976
employment-weighted, 358 complete rows
Top Salary
$298,580
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Southern 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 | Mechanical Engineers | $121,220 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $113,930 |
| 3 | Software Developers | $124,560 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $129,380 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $126,300 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $159,960 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $151,510 |
| 8 | Electrical Engineers | $115,660 |
| 9 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $131,390 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $129,060 |
| 11 | Managers, All Other | $130,000 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,850 |
| 13 | Chief Executives | $198,390 |
| 14 | Natural Sciences Managers | $130,760 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $130,010 |
| 16 | Marketing Managers | $129,620 |
| 17 | Dentists, General | $178,410 |
| 18 | Purchasing Managers | $129,260 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $115,210 |
| 20 | Family Medicine Physicians | $265,890 |
| 21 | Physician Assistants | $128,870 |
| 22 | Physicians, All Other | $298,580 |
| 23 | Computer Network Architects | $103,760 |
| 24 | Sales Engineers | $103,490 |
| 25 | Information Security Analysts | $119,310 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,690 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,130 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $27,160 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,490 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $27,700 |
| Dishwashers | $28,030 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $28,060 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,120 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $28,490 |
| Cashiers | $28,700 |
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 ($56,976 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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