How much do Calibration Technologists and Technicians make in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI?

Percentile spread

For Calibration Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $51,020 and the 90th percentile is $85,180. The difference is $34,160, which is 57.1% 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 $58,330 to the 75th at $75,120, covers $16,790.

The mean annual wage is $69,170, which sits above the median of $59,820. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kalamazoo-Portage, MI median is 11.8% lower than the national median of $67,820 for Calibration Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,075, which is 7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.7% lower than the Michigan median of $70,140.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 94.840, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Calibration Technologists and Technicians at $63,075 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Calibration Technologists and Technicians. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ranks 6th of 8 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).).

• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 52 miles away, with a median of $65,680 and employment of 50. That median is 9.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,742, against $63,075 here.
• Fort Wayne, IN is 87 miles away, with a median of $51,310 and employment of 60. That median is 14.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,427, against $63,075 here.
• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 123 miles away, with a median of $59,590 and employment of 190. That median is 0.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,522, against $63,075 here.

Employment share

Calibration Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (30 of 121,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (16,540 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.32 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.