How much do Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Percentile spread

For Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $74,050 and the 90th percentile is $144,580. The difference is $70,530, which is 67.7% 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 $85,000 to the 75th at $131,820, covers $46,820.

The mean annual wage is $109,710, which sits above the median of $104,250. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI median is 3.1% higher than the national median of $101,110 for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $103,940, which is 2.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 23.7% higher than the Michigan median of $84,260.

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 $104,250 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other at $103,940 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI ranks 1st of 6 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 $85,370 and employment of 230. That median is 18.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,625, against $103,940 here.
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 71 miles away, with a median of $61,210 and employment of 130. That median is 41.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,438, against $103,940 here.
• Cleveland, OH is 116 miles away, with a median of $95,800 and employment of 60. That median is 8.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $101,998, against $103,940 here.

Employment share

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (170 of 1,904,530). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (37,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.37 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.