Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary — Grand Rapids, Michigan

The average Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary in Grand Rapids, Michigan earns $69,710 a year.

$69,710 / year, mean
↓ 20.2% below national average 40th percentile in Michigan

Grand Rapids sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Michigan — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's noticeably below the national average for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Michigan

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
230
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.0%
Cost of living 96 #97 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1688 #77 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $359,923 #76 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $80,296 #51 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Grand Rapids ranks #97 for cost of living and #76 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Waco $163,530 San Jose $152,790 Killeen $125,240 San Diego $116,370 Fresno $114,000 Ann Arbor $113,680 Houston $111,820 Springfield $106,770 Dallas $105,690 Binghamton $103,690 Bakersfield $102,320 Seattle $99,370 Sacramento $97,280 Visalia $96,990 Brownsville $96,980 Riverside $96,180 San Francisco $95,980 Bellingham $95,640 New York $95,360 Sherman $92,700 Odessa $92,670 Buffalo $90,800 Baltimore $90,630 Austin $89,840 College Station $89,260 Detroit $89,260 Los Angeles $89,150 Portland $88,510 Deltona $86,990 Miami $86,860 Lansing $85,770 Sarasota $85,600 Richmond $85,040 Tampa $84,780 Trenton $84,480 Syracuse $84,200 Lakeland $83,820 Philadelphia $83,690 Terre Haute $82,300 Lubbock $81,920 Santa Maria $81,160 Rochester $81,000 Indianapolis $80,960 Fort Myers $80,810 Allentown $80,350 Virginia Beach $80,310 Evansville $80,110 Chicago $79,920 McAllen $79,800 Modesto $79,780 Scranton $78,830 Winchester $78,740 Texarkana $78,630 Jacksonville $78,540 South Bend $78,430 Amarillo $77,670 Rockford $77,450 Spokane $77,110 Orlando $76,740 Pittsburgh $76,290 Bloomington $75,530 Albany $74,940 Hagerstown $74,810 Muncie $74,630 Port St. Lucie $74,590 Erie $74,290 Harrisburg $74,270 Tyler $74,190 Lancaster $74,100 Charleston $73,490 Kiryas Joel $72,850 Fort Wayne $72,700 Wheeling $71,520 Huntington $69,960 El Paso $69,910 Grand Rapids $69,710 Laredo $69,600 Johnstown $66,540 Flint $63,480
CityMean salaryvs. Grand Rapids
Albany, New York$74,940+7.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$80,350+15.3%
Amarillo, Texas$77,670+11.4%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$113,680+63.1%
Austin, Texas$89,840+28.9%
Bakersfield, California$102,320+46.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$90,630+30.0%
Bellingham, Washington$95,640+37.2%
Binghamton, New York$103,690+48.7%
Bloomington, Illinois$75,530+8.3%
Brownsville, Texas$96,980+39.1%
Buffalo, New York$90,800+30.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$80,810+15.9%
Charleston, West Virginia$73,490+5.4%
Chicago, Illinois$79,920+14.6%
College Station, Texas$89,260+28.0%
Dallas, Texas$105,690+51.6%
Deltona, Florida$86,990+24.8%
Detroit, Michigan$89,260+28.0%
El Paso, Texas$69,910+0.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$74,290+6.6%
Evansville, Indiana$80,110+14.9%
Flint, Michigan$63,480-8.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$72,700+4.3%
Fresno, California$114,000+63.5%
Hagerstown, Maryland$74,810+7.3%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$74,270+6.5%
Houston, Texas$111,820+60.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$69,960+0.4%
Indianapolis, Indiana$80,960+16.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$78,540+12.7%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$66,540-4.5%
Killeen, Texas$125,240+79.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$72,850+4.5%
Lakeland, Florida$83,820+20.2%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$74,100+6.3%
Lansing, Michigan$85,770+23.0%
Laredo, Texas$69,600-0.2%
Los Angeles, California$89,150+27.9%
Lubbock, Texas$81,920+17.5%
McAllen, Texas$79,800+14.5%
Miami, Florida$86,860+24.6%
Modesto, California$79,780+14.4%
Muncie, Indiana$74,630+7.1%
New York, New York$95,360+36.8%
Sarasota, Florida$85,600+22.8%
Odessa, Texas$92,670+32.9%
Orlando, Florida$76,740+10.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$83,690+20.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$76,290+9.4%
Portland, Oregon$88,510+27.0%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$74,590+7.0%
Richmond, Virginia$85,040+22.0%
Riverside, California$96,180+38.0%
Rochester, New York$81,000+16.2%
Rockford, Illinois$77,450+11.1%
Sacramento, California$97,280+39.5%
San Diego, California$116,370+66.9%
San Francisco, California$95,980+37.7%
San Jose, California$152,790+119.2%
Santa Maria, California$81,160+16.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$78,830+13.1%
Seattle, Washington$99,370+42.5%
Sherman, Texas$92,700+33.0%
South Bend, Indiana$78,430+12.5%
Spokane, Washington$77,110+10.6%
Springfield, Illinois$106,770+53.2%
Syracuse, New York$84,200+20.8%
Tampa, Florida$84,780+21.6%
Terre Haute, Indiana$82,300+18.1%
Texarkana, Texas$78,630+12.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$84,480+21.2%
Tyler, Texas$74,190+6.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$80,310+15.2%
Visalia, California$96,990+39.1%
Waco, Texas$163,530+134.6%
Wheeling, West Virginia$71,520+2.6%
Winchester, Virginia$78,740+13.0%
Gross salary
69,710/yr
Estimated take-home
54,196/yr
Est. total withheld
22.3%

Single filer, federal + Michigan state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-1072 SOC code
Official area Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 24340 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
WyomingKentwood
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Michigan

Population (metro area)
1,154,320