Best jobs in Detroit, MI
The best-scoring occupations in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Detroit, MI (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 (metro)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Detroit, MI pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$561,070 vs $414,010 · +35.5%
$428,570 vs $232,140 · +84.6%
$35,120 vs $35,800 · -1.9%
$134,390 vs $132,300 · +1.6%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
106
$76,990
+3.1%
31
109
$77,870
+0.3%
31
141
$129,070
+1.9%
28
150
$47,330
-1.6%
27
213
$61,670
+3.7%
23
322
$50,460
-12.1%
19
360
$43,640
+6.3%
17
371
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$45,170
+4.6%
17
475
$59,570
+2.3%
15
610
$39,790
-3.8%
11
616
$46,870
+2.0%
11
620
$63,650
-13.7%
11
634
$63,320
-19.6%
11
646
—†
-1.1%
10†
660
$45,250
+1.2%
10
666
$56,970
-14.4%
10
693
$46,360
-12.0%
9
695
$49,210
-13.6%
9
701
$48,630
-4.3%
9
Live jobs in Detroit, MI
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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. † local wage not published for this cell — the score uses the state value and the pay column shows a dash.