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Average Miscellaneous Assemblers And Fabricators Salary in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Miscellaneous Assemblers And Fabricators in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI earn a median annual salary of $49,240, which is +10.3% compared to the national median. There are 55,100 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (metro area).

$49,240
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI median annual wage
$24/hour median
+10.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $44,650
55,100
Local employment
28.9 jobs per 1,000 workers
3.20
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$37,000
25th
$39,510
Median
$49,240
75th
$75,700
90th
$77,550

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
100.3%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$49,094
Goods: 98.8%
Services: 107.0%
Rents: 94.7%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Lafayette, LA $64,950 Compare 530
Jackson, MS $63,170 Compare 4,810
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $63,140 Compare 6,280
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $60,250 Compare 17,700
Lexington-Fayette, KY $59,730 Compare 8,650
Spartanburg, SC $59,300 Compare 11,790

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Surgeons, All Other $561,070 0.52
Emergency Medicine Physicians $447,750 1.28
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers $428,570 N/A
Psychiatrists $339,340 0.46
Chief Executives $304,110 0.83
Dermatologists $269,110 N/A
Nurse Anesthetists $243,130 1.84
Pediatricians, General $218,000 1.51

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has salary data for 679 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Surgeons, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Miscellaneous Assemblers And Fabricators in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Miscellaneous Assemblers And Fabricators are projected to change by -0.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 156,300 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.