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

Percentile spread

For Curators, the published 10th percentile is $39,480 and the 90th percentile is $79,350. The difference is $39,870, which is 63.1% 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 $48,960 to the 75th at $78,780, covers $29,820.

The mean annual wage is $64,730, which sits above the median of $63,190. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI median is 0.4% lower than the national median of $63,420 for Curators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,136, which is 4.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Michigan median of $63,190.

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 $63,190 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Curators at $66,136 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Curators. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI ranks 6th of 7 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).).

• Ann Arbor, MI is 108 miles away, with a median of $82,150 and employment of 60. That median is 30% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,433, against $66,136 here.
• Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 109 miles away, with a median of $66,310 and employment of 80. That median is 4.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,405, against $66,136 here.
• Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 129 miles away, with a median of $66,400 and employment of 120. That median is 5.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,203, against $66,136 here.

Employment share

Curators accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI (40 of 598,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,150 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.86 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.