How much do Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Percentile spread

For Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, the published 10th percentile is $37,000 and the 90th percentile is $77,550. The difference is $40,550, which is 82.4% 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 $39,510 to the 75th at $75,700, covers $36,190.

The mean annual wage is $56,600, which sits above the median of $49,240. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI median is 10.3% higher than the national median of $44,650 for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,094, which is 10% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.2% higher than the Michigan median of $44,690.

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 $49,240 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators at $49,094 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

26 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks 3rd of 27 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).).

• Ann Arbor, MI is 46 miles away, with a median of $38,200 and employment of 1,420. That median is 22.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,867, against $49,094 here.
• Monroe, MI is 58 miles away, with a median of $36,870 and employment of 1,110. That median is 25.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,437, against $49,094 here.
• Saginaw, MI is 60 miles away, with a median of $42,610 and employment of 1,910. That median is 13.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,880, against $49,094 here.

Employment share

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators accounts for 2.9% of wage-and-salary employment in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (55,100 of 1,904,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.90% of employment (1,405,030 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.20 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.