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Jobs in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area has 1,882 open job postings from 282 employers in our data. 19.1% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $145,000 a year, 5% are remote and 25.2% have been open 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.
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).
City by city inside the metro area
| Place | Postings | Employers | Pay listed | Median posted pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit, MI | 468 | 152 | 31% | $147,500 |
| Warren, MI | 305 | 14 | 17.1% | – |
| Novi, MI | 148 | 28 | 6.2% | – |
| Troy, MI | 143 | 39 | 16.1% | – |
| Southfield, MI | 117 | 26 | 13.5% | – |
| Livonia, MI | 85 | 21 | 22.2% | – |
| Auburn Hills, MI | 81 | 15 | n/a | – |
| Milford, MI | 71 | 5 | n/a | – |
| Dearborn, MI | 29 | 11 | n/a | – |
| Northville, MI | 25 | 6 | n/a | – |
| Plymouth, MI | 24 | 6 | n/a | – |
| Brighton, MI | 24 | 14 | n/a | – |
| Taylor, MI | 22 | 6 | n/a | – |
| Wixom, MI | 22 | 8 | n/a | – |
| Farmington Hills, MI | 18 | 9 | n/a | – |
| Madison Heights, MI | 18 | 6 | n/a | – |
| Westland, MI | 17 | 6 | n/a | – |
| Rochester Hills, MI | 16 | 8 | n/a | – |
| Utica, MI | 15 | 4 | n/a | – |
| Belleville, MI | 15 | 3 | n/a | – |
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
City pages: Detroit.
Posted pay vs official wages
| Kind of job | Median posted pay | Closest official occupation | Official median wage (BLS, May 2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software developers | $224,000 15 postings | software developers | $131,000 |
Official wages are the Bureau of Labor Statistics median annual wage for all workers in that occupation in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area. Posted pay is the middle of the ranges in open postings, so the two measure different things: pay for open jobs versus pay for everyone already employed.
Posted pay by kind of job
| Kind of job | Median posted pay | Postings with pay |
|---|---|---|
| Software developers | $224,000 | 15 |
| Software engineering | $213,500 | 10 |
| Sales | $138,000 | 24 |
| Nursing and clinical care | $84,000 | 14 |
Who is hiring, by industry
| Industry | Postings |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing & Industrial | 544 |
| Healthcare & Life Sciences | 319 |
| Retail & E-commerce | 234 |
| Consulting & Professional Services | 192 |
| Software & Technology | 124 |
| Financial Services | 104 |
| Other | 85 |
| Logistics & Transportation | 80 |
| Real Estate & Construction | 73 |
| Insurance | 51 |
| Media & Entertainment | 44 |
| Energy & Utilities | 21 |
Employers with the most openings
- General Motors: 353 postings
- Meijer: 94 postings
- Scoutmotors: 57 postings
- Rocket Companies: 52 postings
- Lucid Motors: 48 postings
Federal government hiring
77 federal job announcements open to the public list Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $112,000. Agencies hiring most: Veterans Health Administration (23), Federal Aviation Administration (19), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (4), Internal Revenue Service (4), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (3). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
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.
How it compares with similar-sized metro areas
| Metro area | Pay listed | Posted pay | Official wage | Prices | Paycheck power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 19.1% | $145,000 | $52,000 | 100.3 | $52,000 |
| Minneapolis | 37.4% | $110,000 | $59,500 | 104.8 | $56,500 |
| Seattle | 61.3% | $182,500 | $72,500 | 111.1 | $65,500 |
| Riverside | 48.9% | $106,500 | $48,500 | 106.4 | $45,500 |
| Denver | 63.7% | $144,000 | $62,500 | 105.8 | $59,000 |
| San Diego | 50.9% | $137,500 | $58,500 | 111.9 | $52,500 |
| San Francisco | 73.7% | $205,000 | $74,500 | 115.6 | $64,000 |
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Related pages
- State pages: Michigan
- Compare Detroit with other metro areas
- Paycheck calculator: what a salary in Detroit is worth elsewhere
- Mentioned in: October 2026 report
Where it ranks
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)