Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Detroit, MI

792 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Detroit, MI for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Skincare Specialists$47,000790View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers$46,970520View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts$46,9703,000View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand$46,960280View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers$46,930660View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$46,8802,900View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$46,8802,770View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,870630View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks$46,780720View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists$46,7301,900View salary detail
Religious Workers, All Other$46,720260View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers$46,710130View salary detail
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$46,6801,480View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$46,55010,370View salary detail
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials$46,50050View salary detail
Rail Car Repairers$46,48070View salary detail
Tax Preparers$46,450830View salary detail
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$46,4302,150View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall$46,390330View salary detail
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$46,380840View salary detail
Upholsterers$46,37080View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,3601,210View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,31010,300View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers$46,310370View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians$46,280230View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,1401,010View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$46,120290View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders$46,09030View salary detail
Furniture Finishers$46,010120View salary detail
Motorboat Operators$45,970—View salary detail
Office Clerks, General$45,81034,570View salary detail
Set and Exhibit Designers$45,64050View salary detail
Foundry Mold and Coremakers$45,610230View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$45,610130View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$45,600410View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers$45,5701,030View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation$45,550—View salary detail
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters$45,540120View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing$45,480570View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers$45,480570View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing$45,480570View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic$45,480570View salary detail
Psychiatric Aides$45,410580View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$45,40010,610View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,250600View salary detail
Tellers$45,1105,130View salary detail
Order Clerks$45,080940View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,0501,610View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators$45,020110View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians$44,750220View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.