Jobs in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area has 572 open job postings from 97 employers in our data. 23.4% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $117,500 a year, 1.4% are remote and 14% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $117,500 posted salary in the Grand Rapids area buys about what $123,000 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 4% below the national average.
14% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 17 days), 96th highest of 99 metro areas.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($47,500) is worth $50,000 in average-US dollars, 70th of 99 metro areas.
Housing costs run 13% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
1.4% of postings are remote, 79th highest of 99 metro areas.
Grand Rapids compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
572open postings from 97 employers
23.4%list a pay range
$117,500median posted pay (middle half: $86,000 to $157,000)
1.4%remote
4.2%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$47,500official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
12.6%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 4.2% in 2026-08 (4.4% 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 10% above its February 2020 level and 4.5% 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
Grand Rapids, MI
368
70
26.7%
$123,000
Kentwood, MI
30
11
n/a
–
Wyoming, MI
21
3
n/a
–
Holland, MI
20
13
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.
Posted pay by kind of job
Kind of job
Median posted pay
Postings with pay
Sales
$157,000
11
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Manufacturing & Industrial
212
Healthcare & Life Sciences
115
Retail & E-commerce
106
Software & Technology
56
Financial Services
16
Consulting & Professional Services
15
Employers with the most openings
KION Group: 107 postings
Meijer: 69 postings
Trane Technologies: 59 postings
Trinity Health: 28 postings
Advisacare 2: 26 postings
Federal government hiring
30 federal job announcements open to the public list Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $107,000. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (17), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (3), Drug Enforcement Administration (1), Internal Revenue Service (1), U.S. Marshals Service (1). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI area run 4% below the national average, and housing runs 13% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $47,500, which is worth $50,000 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $117,500 is worth $123,000.
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)
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)
