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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- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area at $298,580/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $56,976 across 358 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.