How much do Chief Executives make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

Percentile spread

For Chief Executives, the published 10th percentile is $108,150 and the 90th percentile is $505,980. The difference is $397,830, which is 208.7% 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 $166,630 to the 75th at $313,630, covers $147,000.

The mean annual wage is $257,740, which sits above the median of $190,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 10.9% lower than the national median of $213,990 for Chief Executives. In 2024 national prices the local median is $200,703, which is 6.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 25.4% lower than the Michigan median of $255,560.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 94.991, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $190,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Chief Executives at $200,703 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Chief Executives. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 23rd of 28 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).).

• Jackson, MI is 33 miles away, with a median of $298,440 and employment of 60. That median is 56.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $325,172, against $200,703 here.
• Battle Creek, MI is 39 miles away, with a median of $211,560 and employment of 60. That median is 11% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $233,662, against $200,703 here.
• Flint, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $197,790 and employment of 110. That median is 3.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $212,600, against $200,703 here.

Employment share

Chief Executives accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Lansing-East Lansing, MI (320 of 217,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.13% of employment (204,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.12 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.