SOC 37-3019 · Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations · May 2025

How much do Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is $55,360. The 10th percentile is $27,670 and the 90th percentile is $80,080. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$55,360

10th percentile
$27,670
25th percentile
$32,450
Median
$55,360
75th percentile
$73,300
90th percentile
$80,080
Mean
$56,160

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $27,670 and the 90th percentile is $80,080. The difference is $52,410, which is 94.7% 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 $32,450 to the 75th at $73,300, covers $40,850.

The mean annual wage is $56,160, which sits above the median of $55,360. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI median is 18.1% higher than the national median of $46,860 for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,196, which is 17.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 26.1% higher than the Michigan median of $43,910.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 100.298, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $55,360 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other at $55,196 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

  • Cleveland, OH is 116 miles away, with a median of $71,800 and employment of 40. That median is 29.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,446, against $55,196 here.

Employment share

Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (70 of 1,904,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,630 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.42 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is $55,360. The 10th percentile is $27,670 and the 90th percentile is $80,080. Employment is 70.

How does that compare with the national median for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other?

The local median is 18.1% higher than the national median of $46,860.

What is Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other pay in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 100.298, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $55,360 is $55,196. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI compare with nearby metros for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other?

Cleveland, OH is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 116 miles away, at $71,800. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.