In Detroit, 31% of the 468 job postings we track list a pay range, and the median posted pay is $147,500 a year. 9% are remote, 11.1% are entry level, and 33.1% have been open for more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $145,000 posted salary in the Detroit area buys about what $144,500 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 0% above the national average.
Posted pay for software developers is 71.3% above the official median wage for software developers in the same metro area.
The unemployment rate is 5.7%, 1.6 points above the median of the metro areas in this report.
19.1% of open job postings list a pay range, 65th of 99 metro areas.
11% of postings are entry-level, 77th of 99 metro areas.
Detroit compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
468open postings from 152 employers
31%list a pay range (#30 of 71 published cities)
$147,500median posted pay (middle half: $101,500 to $195,000), from 126 postings with pay
9%remote, 0.2% hybrid
30 daysmedian time a posting has been open; 33.1% over 60 days
$52,000official median wage for all jobs in the metro area (BLS)
11.1%entry-level postings
MI has no statewide law requiring a pay range in job postings.
The metro area's unemployment rate was 5.7% in 2026-08 (4.7% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Michigan, employers had 221,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 4.7% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 7.6% below its February 2020 level and 0.2% higher than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
Posted pay by kind of job in Detroit
Kind of job
Median posted pay
Postings with pay
Software developers
$224,000
12
Sales
$150,000
17
Kinds of job are grouped by title wording. Pay is the midpoint of the range in the posting, annualized for hourly postings.
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Financial Services
82
Consulting & Professional Services
79
Software & Technology
71
Healthcare & Life Sciences
70
Manufacturing & Industrial
34
Other
33
Retail & E-commerce
32
Media & Entertainment
20
Real Estate & Construction
18
Employers with the most openings
Rocket Companies: 52 postings
Methodco: 37 postings
HenryFordHealth1: 18 postings
Latitude: 17 postings
Morganmorganjobsapplynow: 15 postings
What applications ask in Detroit
Among 97 application forms we read: 38.1% ask applicants for a salary expectation, 71.1% ask about visa sponsorship, 41.2% include the equal-opportunity section, and 5.2% carry an AI-use notice. Question wording only; no applicant answers are ever collected.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area run 0% above the national average, and housing runs 5% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $52,000, which is worth $52,000 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $145,000 is worth $144,500.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
Postings that list several cities count in each one. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in Detroit. Methodology · All cities (CSV)
