How much do Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

Percentile spread

For Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $36,710 and the 90th percentile is $121,000. The difference is $84,290, which is 101.6% 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 $63,190 to the 75th at $104,040, covers $40,850.

The mean annual wage is $85,770, which sits above the median of $83,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 3.4% higher than the national median of $80,250 for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $87,377, which is 8.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.2% higher than the Michigan median of $78,870.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 94.991, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $83,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary at $87,377 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 5th of 14 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).).

• Flint, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $52,740 and employment of 110. That median is 36.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,689, against $87,377 here.
• Ann Arbor, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $109,080 and employment of 230. That median is 31.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $108,128, against $87,377 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 59 miles away, with a median of $63,310 and employment of 230. That median is 23.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,261, against $87,377 here.

Employment share

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Lansing-East Lansing, MI (170 of 217,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (77,960 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.56 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.