Jobs in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area has 133 open job postings from 43 employers in our data. 19.5% list a pay range, the median posted pay is – a year, 3.8% are remote and 18.9% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($53,000) is worth $55,500 in average-US dollars, 16th of 99 metro areas.
18.9% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 18 days), 93rd highest of 99 metro areas.
Housing costs run 17% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
10.5% of postings are entry-level, 81st of 99 metro areas.
19.5% of open job postings list a pay range, 62nd of 99 metro areas.
Lansing compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
133open postings from 43 employers
19.5%list a pay range
–median posted pay
3.8%remote
4.6%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$53,000official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
10.5%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 4.6% in 2026-08 (4.9% 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 6.8% above its February 2020 level and 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
Lansing, MI
88
35
18%
–
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Healthcare & Life Sciences
47
Retail & E-commerce
32
Manufacturing & Industrial
15
Employers with the most openings
Meijer: 24 postings
Advisacare 2: 19 postings
Adient: 7 postings
Finni Health: 6 postings
Boxlunch: 5 postings
Federal government hiring
29 federal job announcements open to the public list Lansing-East Lansing, MI, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $112,500. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (15), National Credit Union Administration (5), Army National Guard Units (5), Drug Enforcement Administration (1), Internal Revenue Service (1). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI area run 5% below the national average, and housing runs 17% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $53,000, which is worth $55,500 in average-US dollars.
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)
