Mechanical Engineers
Traverse City, MI metropolitan area. Estimated employment 140.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of mechanical engineers in Traverse City earn more.
$98,900 in Traverse City buys what $105,900 buys across the country as a whole.
Traverse City's regional price parity is 93.4 — 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. Traverse City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor | $127,310 | $126,200 | 100.9 | +19.1% |
| Detroit | $109,470 | $109,100 | 100.3 | +3.0% |
| Midland | $109,230 | $118,800 | 91.9 | +12.2% |
| Niles | $106,320 | $115,100 | 92.4 | +8.7% |
| Kalamazoo | $101,830 | $107,400 | 94.8 | +1.4% |
| Battle Creek | $100,950 | $111,500 | 90.5 | +5.3% |
| Traverse City This page | $98,900 | $105,900 | 93.4 | — |
| Lansing | $98,550 | $103,700 | 95.0 | −2.1% |
Price parity and difference against Traverse City are in the full table on wider screens.
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.
- Employment
- 140 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 17-2141, Mechanical Engineers. Mapped to our taxonomy as mechanical-engineers.
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