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
Tool and Die Makers	$65,590	9,420	View salary detail
Mathematicians	$65,510	90	View salary detail
Acupuncturists	$65,490	—	View salary detail
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$65,460	10,880	View salary detail
Soil and Plant Scientists	$65,390	570	View salary detail
Public Relations Specialists	$65,300	7,510	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$65,110	40,910	View salary detail
Farm and Home Management Educators	$65,030	330	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$64,800	2,040	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$64,720	30,690	View salary detail
Anthropologists and Archeologists	$64,700	—	View salary detail
Biofuels Processing Technicians	$64,690	250	View salary detail
Plant and System Operators, All Other	$64,690	250	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	$64,640	2,300	View salary detail
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$64,510	5,410	View salary detail
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$64,510	5,410	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$64,490	4,000	View salary detail
Rail Car Repairers	$64,370	370	View salary detail
Training and Development Specialists	$64,350	10,640	View salary detail
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$64,250	17,310	View salary detail
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers	$64,130	410	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$64,020	8,220	View salary detail
Life Scientists, All Other	$63,960	90	View salary detail
Archivists	$63,890	160	View salary detail
Artists and Related Workers, All Other	$63,830	230	View salary detail
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$63,790	15,420	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$63,650	2,340	View salary detail
Tapers	$63,630	190	View salary detail
Range Managers	$63,500	820	View salary detail
Park Naturalists	$63,500	820	View salary detail
Conservation Scientists	$63,500	820	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$63,500	2,240	View salary detail
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$63,440	1,080	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$63,440	3,480	View salary detail
Fashion Designers	$63,430	40	View salary detail
Surgical Technologists	$63,320	3,840	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$63,300	1,890	View salary detail
Occupational Therapy Assistants	$63,260	1,250	View salary detail
Curators	$63,190	360	View salary detail
Editors	$63,090	1,690	View salary detail
Historians	$62,920	80	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$62,830	1,750	View salary detail
Wind Turbine Service Technicians	$62,800	70	View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	$62,760	960	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$62,690	9,500	View salary detail
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$62,570	850	View salary detail
Robotics Technicians	$62,460	850	View salary detail
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians	$62,460	850	View salary detail
Judicial Law Clerks	$62,260	280	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$62,170	7,730	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.