How much do Medical Equipment Preparers make in Traverse City, MI?

Percentile spread

For Medical Equipment Preparers, the published 10th percentile is $36,400 and the 90th percentile is $52,580. The difference is $16,180, which is 40.6% 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 $38,730 to the 75th at $45,390, covers $6,660.

The mean annual wage is $42,680, which sits above the median of $39,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Traverse City, MI median is 16.5% lower than the national median of $47,700 for Medical Equipment Preparers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,668, which is 10.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.8% lower than the Michigan median of $45,670.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Traverse City, MI is 93.372, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Medical Equipment Preparers at $42,668 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Medical Equipment Preparers. Traverse City, MI ranks 11th of 11 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).).

• Green Bay, WI is 108 miles away, with a median of $47,100 and employment of 100. That median is 18.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,598, against $42,668 here.
• Appleton, WI is 130 miles away, with a median of $47,460 and employment of 40. That median is 19.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,353, against $42,668 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 137 miles away, with a median of $45,870 and employment of 300. That median is 15.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,008, against $42,668 here.

Employment share

Medical Equipment Preparers accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Traverse City, MI (60 of 68,440). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (77,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.76 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.