How much do Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers make in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI?

Percentile spread

For Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers, the published 10th percentile is $59,570 and the 90th percentile is $207,480. The difference is $147,910, which is 116.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $113,550 to the 75th at $154,670, covers $41,120.

The mean annual wage is $135,080, which sits above the median of $127,420. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI median is 8.1% higher than the national median of $117,860 for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $133,360, which is 13.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Michigan median of $127,420.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $127,420 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers at $133,360 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI ranks 5th of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 59 miles away, with a median of $144,660 and employment of 120. That median is 13.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $152,288, against $133,360 here.
• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 109 miles away, with a median of $132,250 and employment of 40. That median is 3.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $136,429, against $133,360 here.
• Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 129 miles away, with a median of $127,860 and employment of 150. That median is 0.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $127,480, against $133,360 here.

Employment share

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI (30 of 598,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (16,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.48 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.