How much do Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

Percentile spread

For Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers, the published 10th percentile is $34,500 and the 90th percentile is $63,250. The difference is $28,750, which is 60.7% 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 $36,600 to the 75th at $54,750, covers $18,150.

The mean annual wage is $47,220, which sits below the median of $47,400. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 19.2% lower than the national median of $58,650 for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,899, which is 14.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.3% lower than the Michigan median of $49,540.

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 $47,400 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers at $49,899 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 12th of 12 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 $52,280 and employment of 80. That median is 10.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,195, against $49,899 here.
• Ann Arbor, MI is 50 miles away, with a median of $51,270 and employment of 80. That median is 8.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,823, against $49,899 here.
• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 57 miles away, with a median of $49,820 and employment of 30. That median is 5.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,531, against $49,899 here.