How much do Financial Specialists, All Other make in Battle Creek, MI?

Percentile spread

For Financial Specialists, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $39,250 and the 90th percentile is $121,410. The difference is $82,160, which is 98.3% 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 $63,560 to the 75th at $109,300, covers $45,740.

The mean annual wage is $84,340, which sits above the median of $83,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Battle Creek, MI median is 3% higher than the national median of $81,100 for Financial Specialists, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $92,279, which is 13.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.3% higher than the Michigan median of $75,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Battle Creek, MI is 90.541, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $83,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Financial Specialists, All Other at $92,279 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 Financial Specialists, All Other. Battle Creek, MI ranks 5th 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).).

• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 27 miles away, with a median of $58,430 and employment of 40. That median is 30.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,609, against $92,279 here.
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 39 miles away, with a median of $83,870 and employment of 230. That median is 0.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,293, against $92,279 here.
• Ann Arbor, MI is 60 miles away, with a median of $66,080 and employment of 140. That median is 20.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,504, against $92,279 here.

Employment share

Financial Specialists, All Other accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Battle Creek, MI (60 of 54,600). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (132,130 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.29 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.