How much do Financial Specialists, All Other make in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI?

Percentile spread

For Financial Specialists, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $31,010 and the 90th percentile is $123,130. The difference is $92,120, which is 157.7% 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 $53,040 to the 75th at $89,050, covers $36,010.

The mean annual wage is $72,760, which sits above the median of $58,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kalamazoo-Portage, MI median is 28% lower than the national median of $81,100 for Financial Specialists, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $61,609, which is 24% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.1% lower than the Michigan median of $75,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 94.840, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Financial Specialists, All Other at $61,609 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Financial Specialists, All Other. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ranks 15th of 17 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).).

• Battle Creek, MI is 27 miles away, with a median of $83,550 and employment of 60. That median is 43% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,279, against $61,609 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 52 miles away, with a median of $70,470 and employment of 160. That median is 20.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,755, against $61,609 here.
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 57 miles away, with a median of $83,870 and employment of 230. That median is 43.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,293, against $61,609 here.

Employment share

Financial Specialists, All Other accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (40 of 121,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (132,130 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.39 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.