How much do Designers, All Other make in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI?

Percentile spread

For Designers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $49,240 and the 90th percentile is $79,170. The difference is $29,930, which is 50.7% 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 $52,000 to the 75th at $62,400, covers $10,400.

The mean annual wage is $59,770, which sits above the median of $58,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI median is 9.2% lower than the national median of $64,950 for Designers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $61,740, which is 4.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

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 $58,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Designers, All Other at $61,740 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Designers, All Other. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI ranks 1st of 3 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 $50,810 and employment of 30. That median is 13.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,367, against $61,740 here.
• Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 129 miles away, with a median of $47,240 and employment of 40. That median is 19.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,100, against $61,740 here.

Employment share

Designers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI (30 of 598,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.82 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.