How much do Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Percentile spread

For Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators, the published 10th percentile is $36,400 and the 90th percentile is $62,400. The difference is $26,000, which is 67.3% 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 $36,400 to the 75th at $46,980, covers $10,580.

The mean annual wage is $45,170, which sits above the median of $38,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI median is 4.8% lower than the national median of $40,610 for Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,535, which is 5.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% higher than the Michigan median of $38,610.

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 $38,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators at $38,535 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks 1st of 3 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 $29,540 and employment of 70. That median is 23.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,451, against $38,535 here.
• Columbus, OH is 191 miles away, with a median of $30,600 and employment of 40. That median is 20.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,052, against $38,535 here.

Employment share

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (60 of 1,904,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (4,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.02 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.