How much do Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists make in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI?

Percentile spread

For Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $49,640 and the 90th percentile is $99,630. The difference is $49,990, which is 75.1% 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 $61,770 to the 75th at $86,880, covers $25,110.

The mean annual wage is $74,140, which sits above the median of $66,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kalamazoo-Portage, MI median is 14.9% lower than the national median of $78,210 for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $70,181, which is 10.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.3% lower than the Michigan median of $79,480.

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 $66,560 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists at $70,181 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

20 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ranks 19th of 21 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).).

• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 44 miles away, with a median of $74,140 and employment of 70. That median is 11.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $79,842, against $70,181 here.
• Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 48 miles away, with a median of $67,180 and employment of 40. That median is 0.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,376, against $70,181 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 52 miles away, with a median of $76,690 and employment of 420. That median is 15.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,265, against $70,181 here.

Employment share

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (30 of 121,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (112,380 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.34 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.