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SOC 13-2072 · May 2025 · BLS OEWS

Loan Officers — Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · 10 metro areas compared

$77,820 /year
$37.41per hour
320jobs in area
+1.5%vs US median

At $77,820, median pay for Loan Officers in Ann Arbor, MI tracks the national median of $76,690 closely.

Wage distribution · annual

Shaded band holds the middle 50% of earners

US MEDIAN $76,69010TH$35,79025TH$50,400MEDIAN$77,82075TH$100,04090TH$131,250

How pay has moved

$88,235$53,8252019202020212022202320242025$77,820
$59,560 in 2019 to $77,820 in 2025, +30.7% before inflation. BLS states that OEWS estimates are not designed for comparison across years: the occupational classification, the sampling frame and the survey method have all changed inside this window. Read the direction, not the exact difference.

The next ten years

Projected to grow more slowly than average

Change in jobs, 2024 to 2034
+1.7%
Openings per year
20,300
Typical entry-level education
Bachelor's degree
Related work experience
Less than 5 years
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Includes jobs opened by workers leaving the occupation, not only new positions.

Projections are published nationally only. This is the outlook for the occupation across the United States, not a measurement for Ann Arbor, MI.

Projections are based on 2024 employment and run to 2034. The wages above are from the May 2025 survey, a separate BLS programme on a different release cycle, so the two are not two views of one dataset.

Salary overview

At $77,820, median pay for Loan Officers in Ann Arbor, MI tracks the national median of $76,690 closely. The middle half of workers in this occupation earn between $50,400 and $100,040. The lowest tenth earn under $35,790, while the highest tenth earn more than $131,250.

Employment stands at 320, or 1.5 jobs per thousand held locally. Detroit leads the state's metro areas for this occupation, at $76,260. Set against every other occupation measured in the same area, it ranks 155th of 434 by median pay.

Percentile breakdown

Annual wages by percentile · Ann Arbor, MI · May 2025
PercentileAnnualvs US median
10th$35,790−53.3%
25th$50,400−34.3%
Median (50th)$77,820+1.5%
75th$100,040+30.4%
90th$131,250+71.1%
Mean$81,990+6.9%

Why the average earner is usually not a typical earner

Other metro areas in Michigan

Median annual wage for Loan Officers, by metro area
#Metro areaMedianJobsRelative
1Detroit$76,2607,200
2Lansing$72,890420
3Kalamazoo$72,330140
4Grand Rapids$71,760790
5Midland$66,88060
6Flint$65,050230
7Niles$64,250130
8Traverse City$63,820130
9Saginaw$62,740140
10Muskegon$62,19060

What the pay is worth locally

Prices in Ann Arbor sit close to the national average, so $77,820 is worth roughly its face value against pay elsewhere.

Published median

$77,820as reported by BLS

Local price level

100.9US average = 100 · BEA 2024

Adjusted for local prices

$77,126US average = 100 · BEA 2024

Why the state that pays most is usually not where pay goes furthest

Key takeaways

  • Median pay is $77,820 a year, 1.5% above the national median.
  • Published pay spans $35,790 to $131,250 between the tenth and ninetieth percentiles.
  • The area has 320 jobs in this occupation.
  • The highest-paying metro area covered is Detroit, at $76,260.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median wage for Loan Officers in Ann Arbor, MI?

The median annual wage is $77,820, or $37.41 per hour, as of May 2025. Half of the workers in this occupation earn more than that and half earn less.

Is that higher than the national average?

The national median for this occupation is $76,690, so pay in Ann Arbor, MI is 1.5% higher. These figures are medians, not averages: half of workers fall on each side.

What do the top earners make?

The top tenth of this occupation in Ann Arbor, MI earns more than $131,250 per year. The ninetieth percentile is the highest figure the survey publishes.

What is the starting range?

The tenth percentile wage is $35,790 per year. The survey measures wages actually paid rather than experience level, so this reflects the lowest-paid tenth rather than entry-level pay specifically.

Which area nearby pays the most?

The highest median for this occupation among the metro areas covered is in Detroit, at $76,260 per year.

How many jobs are there in this occupation here?

The survey estimates 320 jobs in this occupation in Ann Arbor, MI. Self-employed workers are not included.

Source and methodology

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 Wages are for wage-and-salary workers; self-employed workers are not included. Salary Explorer is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or any government agency. Full methodology.