Wages by Occupation in Monroe, MI

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Monroe, MI metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 40,740 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $46,240 for all occupations combined. 195 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Monroe, MI area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

23.3% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.1), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 93.5 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 74.6; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 7,087 residents (4.7% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±602; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 5.5% in 2025, with a labor force of about 77,882 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

27.7% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±2.9), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$33,935	$32,485
High school graduate	$45,481	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$51,504	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$70,302	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$83,333	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	24.5% (±4.4)	24.2%
High school graduate	13.3% (±1.7)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	8.0% (±1.2)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0% (±1.1)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	28.3%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	14.3%	10.0%
Business	20.7%	20.1%
Education	16.9%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	19.8%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	290	$76,080	$85,950	7.21	0.77
Administrative Services Managers	30	$92,930	$114,660	0.77	0.46
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	100	$28,560	$32,180	2.37	0.93
Animal Caretakers	60	$29,820	$32,030	1.53	0.89
Architectural and Engineering Managers	120	$158,170	$155,080	3.02	2.13
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	60	$31,670	$33,010	1.51	2.30
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	50	$52,160	$60,720	1.24	1.29
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	270	$57,400	$55,240	6.71	1.48
Bakers	60	$30,520	$34,570	1.57	1.03
Bartenders	260	$37,800	$44,160	6.40	1.32
Bill and Account Collectors	30	$47,200	$47,960	0.82	0.81
Billing and Posting Clerks	100	$45,640	$47,430	2.57	0.99
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	290	$48,210	$49,830	7.09	0.80
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	160	$58,240	$57,030	4.00	2.14
Bus Drivers, School	100	$45,830	$48,000	2.40	0.93
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	80	$81,740	$94,010	2.03	0.29
Butchers and Meat Cutters	40	$31,780	$37,440	0.97	1.11
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	150	$66,890	$72,750	3.56	1.13
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	40	$65,260	$73,090	1.02	1.43
Carpenters	90	$59,750	$56,810	2.22	0.52
Cashiers	1,220	$29,320	$30,750	29.94	1.51
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	130	$57,710	$56,220	3.26	2.46
Chief Executives	40	$244,760	$282,570	0.99	0.75
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	180	$58,710	$62,190	4.48	1.77
Childcare Workers	110	$29,210	$30,480	2.66	0.80
Civil Engineers	50	$96,610	$98,230	1.15	0.49
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	160	$29,920	$32,310	3.83	1.57
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	70	$54,290	$54,680	1.74	0.81
Coaches and Scouts	70	$36,570	$53,550	1.74	1.08
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$44,340	$47,890	1.26	1.23
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	40	$50,300	$49,930	1.05	1.52
Compliance Officers	50	$74,000	$79,950	1.12	0.42
Computer and Information Systems Managers	70	$153,080	$153,340	1.62	0.38
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	50	$48,210	$49,470	1.23	1.13
Computer Systems Analysts	40	$104,500	$107,270	1.00	0.30
Computer User Support Specialists	170	$58,980	$57,810	4.09	0.89
Construction and Building Inspectors	40	$69,570	$74,160	0.95	1.01
Construction Laborers	330	$51,200	$53,300	8.07	1.14
Construction Managers	100	$99,020	$105,530	2.36	0.96
Cooks, Fast Food	240	$27,120	$28,430	5.84	1.42
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	160	$35,800	$35,450	3.82	1.35
Cooks, Restaurant	440	$36,200	$35,860	10.81	1.19
Cost Estimators	70	$72,970	$78,140	1.76	1.22
Counter and Rental Clerks	100	$40,610	$44,050	2.50	0.97
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	70	$51,400	$50,840	1.63	1.41
Crane and Tower Operators	60	$49,480	$55,520	1.57	5.70
Customer Service Representatives	370	$41,650	$44,060	9.11	0.55
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	260	$38,410	$40,540	6.38	5.80
Data Scientists	40	$96,140	$105,740	0.96	0.57
Dental Assistants	70	$46,320	$48,030	1.81	0.73
Dental Hygienists	60	$78,660	$81,870	1.47	1.02
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	110	$29,470	$32,620	2.68	0.77
Dishwashers	120	$28,670	$30,420	3.03	0.99
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	90	$49,730	$50,570	2.14	1.64
Driver/Sales Workers	240	$37,510	$38,300	5.98	2.27
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	160	$100,740	$102,900	3.94	1.87
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	70	$56,460	$62,650	1.80	0.79
Electrical Engineers	110	$107,400	$108,920	2.58	2.02
Electricians	150	$80,620	$81,560	3.71	0.76
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	560	$63,030	$65,830	13.75	1.54
Engineers, All Other	70	$119,400	$107,170	1.72	1.74
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	80	$114,160	$90,320	1.98	3.45
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	50	$62,650	$65,480	1.27	0.43
Facilities Managers	40	$116,210	$112,780	0.99	0.99
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,330	$27,950	$29,200	32.58	1.31
Financial and Investment Analysts	60	$102,320	$109,040	1.51	0.65
Financial Managers	150	$140,110	$152,280	3.62	0.67
Firefighters	70	$44,730	$46,100	1.71	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	200	$76,880	$79,320	4.89	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	440	$36,430	$40,260	10.80	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	160	$83,340	$92,430	3.93	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	230	$63,690	$68,160	5.64	0.61
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	30	$81,650	$83,410	0.75	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	350	$75,230	$82,570	8.54	1.97
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	350	$46,770	$50,980	8.58	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	190	$58,840	$63,190	4.56	1.14
Food Preparation Workers	180	$30,060	$31,000	4.32	0.75
Food Service Managers	90	$58,450	$63,090	2.16	1.41
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	50	$46,600	$49,150	1.13	13.73
Funeral Attendants	30	$35,620	$34,050	0.77	3.87
General and Operations Managers	730	$93,690	$111,640	17.92	0.80
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	90	$43,680	$44,370	2.27	5.26
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	70	$30,690	$45,290	1.61	0.82
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	30	$38,980	$42,250	0.74	0.63
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$51,020	$54,110	0.87	9.71
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	130	$59,340	$61,100	3.08	1.17
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,090	$54,510	$54,210	26.65	2.01
Highway Maintenance Workers	50	$54,580	$51,910	1.23	1.23
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	770	$34,290	$34,110	18.81	0.68
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	120	$27,710	$29,890	3.01	1.08
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	60	$30,540	$32,380	1.38	0.82
Human Resources Managers	40	$133,510	$143,010	1.04	0.73
Human Resources Specialists	210	$71,990	$76,360	5.05	0.86
Industrial Engineers	170	$97,770	$99,530	4.16	1.77
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	220	$67,720	$72,850	5.40	1.91
Industrial Production Managers	160	$125,410	$129,790	3.86	2.44
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	270	$42,990	$44,300	6.68	1.34
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	—	$45,130	$46,370	—	—
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	330	$43,100	$44,900	8.13	2.12
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	30	$44,960	$48,100	0.78	0.69
Instructional Coordinators	70	$80,880	$80,180	1.73	1.18
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	30	$48,140	$51,620	0.76	0.55
Insurance Sales Agents	80	$77,560	$87,470	1.86	0.60
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	360	$35,880	$36,880	8.72	0.61
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	950	$39,520	$41,580	23.22	1.22
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	230	$36,590	$38,590	5.68	0.93
Lawyers	70	$104,020	$127,510	1.73	0.36
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	40	$64,060	$63,610	1.07	1.25
Library Assistants, Clerical	90	$30,130	$33,750	2.31	4.20
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	150	$63,240	$64,980	3.64	0.87
Light Truck Drivers	280	$30,420	$39,610	6.81	1.08
Loan Officers	30	$56,450	$71,060	0.82	0.46
Logisticians	50	$78,890	$82,580	1.28	0.80
Machinists	210	$60,210	$58,900	5.12	2.77
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	150	$30,230	$31,660	3.64	0.66
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	370	$44,750	$48,310	8.97	0.91
Management Analysts	60	$96,040	$102,370	1.38	0.24
Managers, All Other	60	$137,040	$147,150	1.46	0.36
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	140	$64,500	$71,460	3.41	0.59
Mechanical Engineers	160	$95,190	$99,290	3.86	2.02
Medical and Health Services Managers	100	$101,310	$106,410	2.38	0.62
Medical Assistants	270	$36,150	$37,990	6.64	1.26
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	160	$37,060	$40,850	3.90	0.63
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	90	$38,070	$38,680	2.24	2.10
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	280	$64,670	$67,670	6.90	1.73
Millwrights	60	$83,970	$79,080	1.50	5.76
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,110	$36,870	$44,210	27.16	3.01
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	40	$62,340	$60,340	1.03	0.91
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	210	$37,050	$42,380	5.12	5.29
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	130	$47,940	$48,500	3.16	3.95
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	40	$91,630	$100,450	1.03	0.51
Nuclear Engineers	90	$136,260	$140,660	2.16	21.96
Nurse Practitioners	30	$116,260	$117,250	0.82	0.39
Nursing Assistants	430	$38,420	$40,030	10.44	1.12
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	40	$72,470	$80,700	0.94	1.05
Occupational Therapists	40	$84,780	$87,310	0.89	0.85
Office Clerks, General	870	$41,540	$43,730	21.41	1.35
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	140	$60,910	$64,300	3.45	1.12
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	90	$44,990	$44,390	2.25	0.92
Packers and Packagers, Hand	160	$34,680	$37,980	4.02	1.12
Parking Attendants	70	$34,070	$33,970	1.78	2.01
Parts Salespersons	90	$42,030	$45,910	2.25	1.30
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	40	$52,190	$53,760	0.88	0.89
Personal Financial Advisors	70	$98,090	$173,100	1.73	1.01
Pharmacists	60	$130,360	$127,000	1.50	0.72
Pharmacy Technicians	140	$38,400	$41,960	3.32	1.10
Physical Therapists	50	$102,510	$101,900	1.12	0.65
Physicians, All Other	40	$210,090	$182,900	1.09	0.49
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	110	$42,240	$44,660	2.65	12.69
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	250	$80,700	$78,320	6.10	2.04
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	190	$65,300	$63,330	4.56	1.06
Postal Service Mail Carriers	130	$59,990	$63,020	3.27	1.54
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	130	$37,090	$37,360	3.11	1.01
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	40	$73,110	$70,080	0.94	1.64
Production Workers, All Other	150	$32,210	$35,350	3.66	2.26
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	80	$61,310	$70,240	1.97	0.78
Project Management Specialists	120	$100,290	$101,550	3.05	0.45
Public Relations Specialists	30	$56,030	$63,180	0.83	0.46
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	40	$76,940	$72,390	0.93	0.63
Receptionists and Information Clerks	280	$35,580	$35,870	6.89	1.18
Recreation Workers	50	$34,610	$38,760	1.25	0.59
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	200	$48,160	$48,970	4.80	5.07
Registered Nurses	630	$82,170	$86,180	15.43	0.71
Respiratory Therapists	30	$81,290	$81,280	0.77	0.85
Retail Salespersons	1,250	$34,620	$37,460	30.66	1.22
Sales Managers	130	$129,620	$138,070	3.27	0.80
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	150	$62,280	$71,390	3.77	0.47
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	310	$74,320	$80,000	7.62	0.96
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	390	$64,390	$68,680	9.52	1.39
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	330	$45,560	$46,640	8.22	0.75
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	50	$54,170	$82,820	1.26	0.40
Self-Enrichment Teachers	50	$41,180	$47,290	1.13	0.53
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	220	$43,930	$45,620	5.51	1.05
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	60	$33,330	$33,600	1.56	0.98
Social and Community Service Managers	40	$87,480	$83,920	1.02	0.76
Social and Human Service Assistants	100	$39,210	$40,410	2.54	0.90
Software Developers	100	$98,270	$103,540	2.46	0.23
Special Education Teachers, All Other	40	$77,520	$74,760	0.88	4.04
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	40	$62,580	$70,100	1.07	0.64
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	40	$66,650	$69,870	0.91	1.49
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	50	$82,450	$77,970	1.25	1.18
Speech-Language Pathologists	80	$82,540	$85,300	1.88	1.60
Stockers and Order Fillers	940	$35,660	$36,920	23.00	1.26
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	110	$60,170	$61,430	2.77	0.88
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	640	$34,630	$34,650	15.69	1.72
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	40	$62,450	$69,460	1.02	1.62
Tellers	100	$39,650	$41,520	2.52	1.19
Tool and Die Makers	80	$60,840	$60,790	1.99	5.44
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	80	$86,780	$95,810	2.04	1.43
Tutors	30	$45,860	$48,820	0.75	0.67
Upholsterers	—	$45,440	$45,360	—	—
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	40	$49,160	$48,940	1.08	1.30
Waiters and Waitresses	660	$38,780	$43,460	16.25	1.11
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	60	$65,360	$62,560	1.35	1.64
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	240	$49,570	$52,480	6.01	2.25

Colleges in this area

2 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Michigan College of Beauty-Monroe	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	70
Monroe County Community College	Public	2-year	2,210

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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