Detroit, MI Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,870	630	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$58,350	630	View salary detail
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	$29,890	620	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$39,670	620	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$63,190	610	View salary detail
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians	$62,120	610	View salary detail
Optometrists	$142,690	610	View salary detail
Robotics Technicians	$62,120	610	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$80,810	600	View salary detail
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$67,120	600	View salary detail
Clergy	$59,890	600	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,250	600	View salary detail
Funeral Attendants	$35,380	580	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$51,310	580	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$35,990	580	View salary detail
Psychiatric Aides	$45,410	580	View salary detail
Floral Designers	$36,980	570	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$45,480	570	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$45,480	570	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$45,480	570	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$45,480	570	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,630	570	View salary detail
Chiropractors	$71,220	560	View salary detail
Technical Writers	$92,390	560	View salary detail
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$86,110	560	View salary detail
Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$209,550	550	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$37,170	550	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$78,720	550	View salary detail
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	$74,030	550	View salary detail
Pharmacy Aides	$36,130	550	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$47,720	540	View salary detail
School Bus Monitors	$36,240	540	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$51,250	530	View salary detail
Budget Analysts	$102,080	530	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$51,090	530	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$48,660	530	View salary detail
Operations Research Analysts	$81,590	530	View salary detail
Education Administrators, All Other	$86,260	520	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$41,460	520	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$46,970	520	View salary detail
Emergency Medicine Physicians	$447,750	520	View salary detail
Database Administrators	$110,160	510	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$68,630	510	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$75,760	510	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$75,760	510	View salary detail
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$127,450	500	View salary detail
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$59,660	500	View salary detail
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$112,100	500	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$51,340	500	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$47,410	490	View 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.