What jobs pay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood

$60,660avg. a year, all jobs

$29.16 an hour · 598,260 employed

Average and median pay for 35 common jobs in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025.

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Average annual pay, May 2025 (jobs on this site)

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Pay for 35 jobs in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood

Sorted by number of jobs. We list the jobs with the most workers in this metro area.

Job	Avg. pay	Jobs
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$42,590	19,540
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$38,750	18,840
Registered Nurses	$89,910	13,740
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$29,790	13,190
Retail Salespersons	$38,380	12,600
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$36,730	11,490
Office Clerks, General	$45,840	11,310
Stockers and Order Fillers	$37,310	10,960
General and Operations Managers	$124,180	10,880
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$56,990	10,820
Cashiers	$31,330	9,670
Customer Service Representatives	$46,300	9,010
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	$34,690	8,160
Waiters and Waitresses	$47,040	8,080
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$43,190	7,020
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$80,480	6,980
Nursing Assistants	$40,300	5,870
Accountants and Auditors	$84,740	5,670
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	$36,050	5,490
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$52,100	5,470
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$65,310	5,080
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$51,210	5,070
Cooks, Restaurant	$37,920	4,850
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$70,650	4,810
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$45,820	4,710
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$46,560	4,710
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$44,200	4,680
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$40,480	4,590
Light Truck Drivers	$48,490	4,520
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$70,100	4,330
Software Developers	$113,720	4,310
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$41,860	4,290
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,510	4,270
Industrial Engineers	$99,050	4,170
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$69,680	4,110

Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Metro area: Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 24340). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.