How much do Broadcast Technicians make in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI?

Percentile spread

For Broadcast Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $28,680 and the 90th percentile is $91,510. The difference is $62,830, which is 152.8% 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 $28,760 to the 75th at $72,800, covers $44,040.

The mean annual wage is $54,580, which sits above the median of $41,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI median is 31% lower than the national median of $59,570 for Broadcast Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,026, which is 27.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.9% lower than the Michigan median of $47,730.

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 $41,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Broadcast Technicians at $43,026 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Broadcast Technicians. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI ranks 8th of 10 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 $62,080 and employment of 40. That median is 51% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,354, against $43,026 here.
• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 86 miles away, with a median of $37,290 and employment of 70. That median is 9.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,158, against $43,026 here.
• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 109 miles away, with a median of $74,760 and employment of 130. That median is 81.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,122, against $43,026 here.

Employment share

Broadcast Technicians accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI (60 of 598,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 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.