Orderlies Salary — Grand Rapids, Michigan

The average Orderlies in Grand Rapids, Michigan earns $36,200 a year.

$36,200 / year, mean
↓ 12.4% below national average 50th 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 orderlies, 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)
220
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.6%
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.

San Jose $66,910 San Francisco $66,390 Santa Rosa $59,870 Sacramento $59,390 Los Angeles $51,830 San Diego $51,580 Bakersfield $51,090 Riverside $50,690 Modesto $49,680 Santa Maria $48,950 Seattle $48,770 New York $46,300 Portland $46,150 Reading $43,020 Philadelphia $42,210 Allentown $42,020 Fresno $41,710 York $41,620 Chicago $40,980 Rochester $40,910 Indianapolis $40,730 Harrisburg $40,710 Kiryas Joel $40,420 Trenton $40,400 Utica $40,200 Dallas $39,910 Austin $39,890 Pensacola $39,700 Hagerstown $39,500 Houston $39,120 Baltimore $38,980 Syracuse $38,950 Richmond $38,920 Virginia Beach $38,890 Buffalo $38,500 Pittsburgh $38,370 Sarasota $38,110 Flint $37,650 South Bend $37,500 Detroit $37,300 Miami $36,950 Louisville $36,930 Albany $36,860 Rockford $36,330 San Antonio $36,300 Fort Wayne $36,290 Grand Rapids $36,200 Traverse City $36,080 Atlantic City $35,820 Port St. Lucie $35,780 Orlando $35,690 Jacksonville $35,650 Tampa $35,530 Palm Bay $34,940 El Paso $34,570 Evansville $34,560 Deltona $34,180 McAllen $34,170 Altoona $34,040
CityMean salaryvs. Grand Rapids
Albany, New York$36,860+1.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$42,020+16.1%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$34,040-6.0%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$35,820-1.0%
Austin, Texas$39,890+10.2%
Bakersfield, California$51,090+41.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$38,980+7.7%
Buffalo, New York$38,500+6.4%
Chicago, Illinois$40,980+13.2%
Dallas, Texas$39,910+10.2%
Deltona, Florida$34,180-5.6%
Detroit, Michigan$37,300+3.0%
El Paso, Texas$34,570-4.5%
Evansville, Indiana$34,560-4.5%
Flint, Michigan$37,650+4.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$36,290+0.2%
Fresno, California$41,710+15.2%
Hagerstown, Maryland$39,500+9.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$40,710+12.5%
Houston, Texas$39,120+8.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$40,730+12.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$35,650-1.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$40,420+11.7%
Los Angeles, California$51,830+43.2%
Louisville, Kentucky$36,930+2.0%
McAllen, Texas$34,170-5.6%
Miami, Florida$36,950+2.1%
Modesto, California$49,680+37.2%
New York, New York$46,300+27.9%
Sarasota, Florida$38,110+5.3%
Orlando, Florida$35,690-1.4%
Palm Bay, Florida$34,940-3.5%
Pensacola, Florida$39,700+9.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$42,210+16.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$38,370+6.0%
Portland, Oregon$46,150+27.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$35,780-1.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$43,020+18.8%
Richmond, Virginia$38,920+7.5%
Riverside, California$50,690+40.0%
Rochester, New York$40,910+13.0%
Rockford, Illinois$36,330+0.4%
Sacramento, California$59,390+64.1%
San Antonio, Texas$36,300+0.3%
San Diego, California$51,580+42.5%
San Francisco, California$66,390+83.4%
San Jose, California$66,910+84.8%
Santa Maria, California$48,950+35.2%
Santa Rosa, California$59,870+65.4%
Seattle, Washington$48,770+34.7%
South Bend, Indiana$37,500+3.6%
Syracuse, New York$38,950+7.6%
Tampa, Florida$35,530-1.9%
Traverse City, Michigan$36,080-0.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$40,400+11.6%
Utica, New York$40,200+11.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$38,890+7.4%
York, Pennsylvania$41,620+15.0%
Gross salary
36,200/yr
Estimated take-home
29,519/yr
Est. total withheld
18.5%

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 31-1132 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