Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked.

Top 25 of 361 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$238,010	$114.43	100
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$224,910	$108.13	90
3	Chief Executives	$164,880	$79.27	90
4	Dentists, General	$146,100	$70.24	140
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$136,990	$65.86	150
6	Physician Assistants	$135,810	$65.29	110
7	Pharmacists	$134,560	$64.69	220
8	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$129,000	$62.02	130
9	Marketing Managers	$126,560	$60.85	70
10	Commercial Pilots	$124,230	Not published	40
11	Optometrists	$122,550	$58.92	40
12	Nurse Practitioners	$121,050	$58.20	190
13	Financial Managers	$115,940	$55.74	300
14	Power Plant Operators	$114,790	$55.19	50
15	Human Resources Managers	$114,590	$55.09	80
16	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$112,080	$53.89	150
17	Natural Sciences Managers	$109,280	$52.54	60
18	Veterinarians	$108,400	$52.12	70
19	Purchasing Managers	$107,700	$51.78	50
20	Industrial Production Managers	$106,800	$51.34	320
21	Sales Managers	$104,870	$50.42	290
22	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$104,160	$50.08	110
23	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$100,840	Not published	300
24	Managers, All Other	$100,560	$48.34	110
25	Electrical Engineers	$100,220	$48.18	120

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.