SOC 53-5022 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Motorboat Operators 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 Motorboat Operators in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is $45,970. The 10th percentile is $36,190 and the 90th percentile is $63,400. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$45,970

10th percentile
$36,190
25th percentile
$45,330
Median
$45,970
75th percentile
$56,420
90th percentile
$63,400
Mean
$50,340

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Motorboat Operators, the published 10th percentile is $36,190 and the 90th percentile is $63,400. The difference is $27,210, which is 59.2% 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 $45,330 to the 75th at $56,420, covers $11,090.

The mean annual wage is $50,340, which sits above the median of $45,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI median is 3.3% lower than the national median of $47,520 for Motorboat Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,833, which is 3.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.7% lower than the Michigan median of $46,760.

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 $45,970 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Motorboat Operators at $45,833 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Motorboat Operators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Motorboat Operators by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Motorboat Operators make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Motorboat Operators in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is $45,970. The 10th percentile is $36,190 and the 90th percentile is $63,400.

How does that compare with the national median for Motorboat Operators?

The local median is 3.3% lower than the national median of $47,520.

What is Motorboat Operators 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 $45,970 is $45,833. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.