How much do Tapers make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

Percentile spread

For Tapers, the published 10th percentile is $61,460 and the 90th percentile is $61,480. The difference is $20, which is 0.0% 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 $61,460 to the 75th at $61,480, covers $20.

The mean annual wage is $61,300, which sits below the median of $61,470. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 10% lower than the national median of $68,270 for Tapers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $64,711, which is 5.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.4% lower than the Michigan median of $63,630.

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 $61,470 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tapers at $64,711 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 Tapers. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 3rd 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 178 miles away, with a median of $73,840 and employment of 40. That median is 20.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,618, against $64,711 here.
• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 178 miles away, with a median of $113,180 and employment of 290. That median is 84.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $109,252, against $64,711 here.

Employment share

Tapers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Lansing-East Lansing, MI (50 of 217,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,840 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.79 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.