Nursing Assistants
Traverse City, MI metropolitan area. Estimated employment 700.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of nursing assistants in Traverse City earn more.
$41,900 in Traverse City buys what $44,900 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Creek | $45,470 | $50,200 | 90.5 | +11.9% |
| Ann Arbor | $44,570 | $44,200 | 100.9 | −1.5% |
| Traverse City This page | $41,900 | $44,900 | 93.4 | — |
| Niles | $41,070 | $44,500 | 92.4 | −0.9% |
| Jackson | $40,080 | $43,700 | 91.8 | −2.7% |
| Detroit | $39,900 | $39,800 | 100.3 | −11.3% |
| Kalamazoo | $39,500 | $41,600 | 94.8 | −7.2% |
| Saginaw | $39,400 | $43,300 | 90.9 | −3.4% |
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
- 700 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 31-1131, Nursing Assistants. Mapped to our taxonomy as nursing-assistants.
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