Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Michigan

896 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Michigan for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$53,590	640	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$53,310	2,100	View salary detail
Fitness and Wellness Coordinators	$52,840	—	View salary detail
Spa Managers	$52,840	—	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$52,780	3,560	View salary detail
Glaziers	$52,770	2,040	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$52,370	810	View salary detail
Machinists	$52,360	20,350	View salary detail
Marriage and Family Therapists	$52,270	590	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$52,160	1,050	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$52,160	1,260	View salary detail
Food Science Technicians	$52,130	250	View salary detail
Paramedics	$52,080	2,750	View salary detail
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	$52,000	230	View salary detail
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other	$51,920	40	View salary detail
Sound Engineering Technicians	$51,840	200	View salary detail
Log Graders and Scalers	$51,810	50	View salary detail
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	$51,720	290	View salary detail
Fallers	$51,700	410	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$51,500	7,930	View salary detail
Floor Sanders and Finishers	$51,400	—	View salary detail
Sailors and Marine Oilers	$51,310	250	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$51,290	600	View salary detail
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$51,210	570	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$51,070	1,160	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$51,030	4,020	View salary detail
Set and Exhibit Designers	$50,910	140	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$50,870	980	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$50,800	220	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$50,650	4,920	View salary detail
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$50,560	1,190	View salary detail
Bridge and Lock Tenders	$50,540	130	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,540	3,000	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$50,340	690	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$50,290	1,360	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$50,060	5,210	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$50,040	1,080	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$50,020	2,360	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$49,990	13,330	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$49,980	1,220	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$49,730	730	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$49,730	730	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$49,710	2,550	View salary detail
Statistical Assistants	$49,660	370	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$49,590	28,490	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$49,570	1,180	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$49,540	—	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$49,490	5,390	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,480	2,230	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$49,380	1,890	View salary detail

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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.