Financial Managers
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metropolitan area. Estimated employment 2,820.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of financial managers in Grand Rapids earn more.
$133,380 in Grand Rapids buys what $139,600 buys across the country as a whole.
Grand Rapids's regional price parity is 95.5 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. 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. Grand Rapids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland | $173,080 | $188,300 | 91.9 | +34.9% |
| Detroit | $160,240 | $159,800 | 100.3 | +14.4% |
| Jackson | $149,930 | $163,400 | 91.8 | +17.0% |
| Monroe | $140,110 | $149,900 | 93.5 | +7.4% |
| Ann Arbor | $139,500 | $138,300 | 100.9 | −0.9% |
| Grand Rapids This page | $133,380 | $139,600 | 95.5 | — |
| Lansing | $132,590 | $139,600 | 95.0 | −0.0% |
| Kalamazoo | $130,760 | $137,900 | 94.8 | −1.2% |
Price parity and difference against Grand Rapids 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 8.1% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it fell 9.0% — prices rose faster than pay since 2021. 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
- 2,820 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 11-3031, Financial Managers. Mapped to our taxonomy as financial-managers.
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.