Occupational Employment and Wages in Midland, MI — May 2023

Workers in the Midland, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $31.88 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that higher paying major occupational groups included legal ($72.64), management ($69.93), and healthcare practitioners and technical ($52.42). Lower paying occupations included healthcare support ($15.24), personal care and service ($15.35), and food preparation and serving related ($16.13). (See table A.)

Occupational groups with the highest employment in the Midland area included office and administrative support (11.2 percent), healthcare support (9.7 percent), and healthcare practitioners and technical (9.4 percent). Major occupational groups on the lower end of local employment included legal (0.5 percent); protective service (1.2 percent); and arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media (1.3 percent). (See table A.)

One occupational group-business and financial operations-was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Midland had 2,250 jobs in business and financial operations, accounting for 6.2 percent of local area employment, compared to the 6.6-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $41.90, compared to the national wage of $43.55.

Some of the larger detailed occupations within the business and financial operations group included accountants and auditors (450) and logisticians (360). Mean hourly wages among the higher-paying jobs in this group were management analysts ($54.35), project management specialists ($51.89), and financial and investment analysts ($51.80). At the lower end of the wage scale were fundraisers ($27.75) and meeting, convention, and event planners ($28.27). (Detailed data for the business and financial operations occupations are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_33220.htm.)

Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1.) For example, a location quotient of 2.0 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the Midland area, above-average concentrations of employment were found in some of the occupations within the business and financial operations group. For instance, logisticians were employed at 6.6 times the national rate in Midland, and training and development specialists, at 1.4 times the U.S. average. Buyers and purchasing agents had a location quotient of 1.2 in Midland, indicating that this particular occupation's local and national employment shares were similar.

The statistics in this release are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, a cooperative effort between BLS and the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support. State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data: in this case, the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.

Technical Note

The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey is a semiannual survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OEWS data available from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 580 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, most 4-digit, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels; and national estimates by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. Full OEWS data tables are available online.

Additional information about the OEWS estimates and methodology are available in the national Technical Notes. The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 65.8 percent based on establishments and 64.3 percent based on weighted sampled employment. The sample in the Midland, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area included 638 establishments with a response rate of 70 percent.

Metropolitan area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

The Midland, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Midland County.

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Table 1. Employment and wage data for business and financial operations occupations, Midland metropolitan area, May 2023

Occupation (1)	Employment	Mean wages ($)
Level (2)	Location quotient (3)	Hourly	Annual (4)
Business and financial operations occupations	2,250	0.9	41.90	87,160
Buyers and purchasing agents	130	1.2	36.18	75,260
Compliance officers	50	0.5	35.78	74,420
Cost estimators	70	1.4	35.98	74,840
Human resources specialists	170	0.8	36.90	76,750
Labor relations specialists	30	2.1	37.12	77,210
Logisticians	360	6.6	43.33	90,130
Project management specialists	180	0.8	51.89	107,940
Management analysts	150	0.8	54.35	113,050
Meeting, convention, and event planners	30	1.1	28.27	58,800
Fundraisers	40	1.5	27.75	57,720
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	40	1.5	39.50	82,150
Training and development specialists	140	1.4	35.68	74,220
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	160	0.8	36.10	75,080
Business operations specialists, all other	100	0.4	41.34	85,980
Accountants and auditors	450	1.3	44.14	91,820
Financial and investment analysts	30	0.4	51.80	107,750
Loan officers	40	0.5	33.67	70,020
Footnotes: (1) For a complete listing of all detailed occupations in the Midland, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area, see www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_33220.htm. (2) Estimates for detailed occupations may not sum to the totals due to rounding, and because the totals may include occupations that are not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers. (3) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average. (4) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a 'year-round, full-time' hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

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