Best jobs in Michigan
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Michigan, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Michigan (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Michigan pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$414,910 vs $328,730 · +26.2%
$428,570 vs $232,140 · +84.6%
$485,920 vs $420,860 · +15.5%
$35,000 vs $35,800 · -2.2%
$419,030 vs $496,010 · -15.5%
$131,450 vs $132,300 · -0.6%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 774 scored occupations — show all 774show top 25
#
Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
99
$72,980
+0.3%
31
110
$73,380
+3.1%
30
126
$125,650
+1.9%
28
130
$46,020
-1.6%
28
214
$60,280
+3.7%
22
357
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$44,350
+4.6%
17
359
$43,540
+6.3%
17
366
$46,120
-12.1%
17
433
$58,840
+2.3%
15
561
$39,490
-3.8%
12
627
$59,900
-13.7%
11
632
$60,410
-19.6%
11
643
$39,790
+2.0%
10
646
$45,140
+1.2%
10
659
$45,460
-12.0%
10
661
$49,480
-4.3%
10
688
$46,680
-13.6%
9
692
$49,180
-1.1%
9
768
$36,540
-9.0%
6
Live jobs in Michigan
Farm Service AgencyVerified from company ATS
Loan Assistant/Specialist (Agricultural)
$40,736–$80,243/yr View job →
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison SystemVerified from company ATS
Supervisory Correctional Officer (Lieutenant)
$84,656–$110,059/yr View job →
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison SystemVerified from company ATS
Supervisory Correctional Officer (Captain)
$101,466–$131,909/yr View job →
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.