Electricians
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI metropolitan area. Estimated employment 340.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of electricians in Muskegon earn more.
$77,100 in Muskegon buys what $83,300 buys across the country as a whole.
Muskegon's regional price parity is 92.5 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Michigan
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Muskegon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | $81,990 | $81,700 | 100.3 | −1.9% |
| Ann Arbor | $81,450 | $80,700 | 100.9 | −3.1% |
| Monroe | $80,620 | $86,200 | 93.5 | +3.5% |
| Lansing | $80,480 | $84,700 | 95.0 | +1.7% |
| Bay City | $80,450 | $87,500 | 91.9 | +5.0% |
| Saginaw | $79,860 | $87,900 | 90.9 | +5.4% |
| Flint | $78,270 | $84,100 | 93.0 | +1.0% |
| Muskegon This page | $77,100 | $83,300 | 92.5 | — |
Price parity and difference against Muskegon are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay rose 30.1% over the four years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 18.3% — pay has outrun prices since 2022. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 340 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 47-2111, Electricians. Mapped to our taxonomy as electricians.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.