How much do Computer Programmers make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Percentile spread

For Computer Programmers, the published 10th percentile is $59,400 and the 90th percentile is $136,640. The difference is $77,240, which is 87.9% 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 $74,730 to the 75th at $107,470, covers $32,740.

The mean annual wage is $94,570, which sits above the median of $87,860. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI median is 12.5% lower than the national median of $100,390 for Computer Programmers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $87,599, which is 12.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 33.4% higher than the Michigan median of $65,860.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 100.298, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $87,860 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Computer Programmers at $87,599 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Computer Programmers. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks 3rd of 16 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).).

• Flint, MI is 33 miles away, with a median of $67,300 and employment of 40. That median is 23.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,339, against $87,599 here.
• Ann Arbor, MI is 46 miles away, with a median of $85,580 and employment of 310. That median is 2.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,833, against $87,599 here.
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 71 miles away, with a median of $74,110 and employment of 130. That median is 15.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,018, against $87,599 here.

Employment share

Computer Programmers accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (1,380 of 1,904,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (92,230 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.22 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.