SOC 49-2095 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay make in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is $106,400. The 10th percentile is $61,080 and the 90th percentile is $131,210. Employment is 50.

Median annual wage

$106,400

10th percentile
$61,080
25th percentile
$97,820
Median
$106,400
75th percentile
$118,100
90th percentile
$131,210
Mean
$103,010

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay, the published 10th percentile is $61,080 and the 90th percentile is $131,210. The difference is $70,130, which is 65.9% 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 $97,820 to the 75th at $118,100, covers $20,280.

The mean annual wage is $103,010, which sits below the median of $106,400. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI median is 3.3% higher than the national median of $103,020 for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay. In 2024 national prices the local median is $111,360, which is 8.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.2% lower than the Michigan median of $106,600.

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 $106,400 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay at $111,360 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 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI ranks 3rd 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).).

  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 129 miles away, with a median of $106,600 and employment of 150. That median is 0.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $106,283, against $111,360 here.
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 137 miles away, with a median of $114,480 and employment of 170. That median is 7.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $110,507, against $111,360 here.

Employment share

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI (50 of 598,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (20,720 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.63 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI · Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay make in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is $106,400. The 10th percentile is $61,080 and the 90th percentile is $131,210. Employment is 50.

How does that compare with the national median for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay?

The local median is 3.3% higher than the national median of $103,020.

What is Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay pay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 95.546, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $106,400 is $111,360. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI compare with nearby metros for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay?

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 129 miles away, at $106,600. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI ranks 3rd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.