Business Administration Salary Range in Michigan

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• Nearly a quarter of a million business administrative professionals oversee companies in the U.S., numbering about 240,320 as of the May 2010 Occupational Employment and Wages report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In that time frame, the country's median salary for business administrators was $77,890, with a high of $135,300 in the 90th percentile. The low 10th percentile was $41,420. Michigan's business administrators comprised about 4,930, with statewide median salaries falling significantly below the country. Michigan's annual median wage of the survey time period was $69,760, with 90th percentile income at $120,300 and 10th percentile income at $40,290.
  
  

High Salaries

• Michigan's statewide median wage fell below the country's, but two cities within the state paid at a rate higher than both the state and the national level. In Battle Creek, business administrators earned annual median wages of $80,290, the highest in the state. Employers in Ann Arbor also paid slightly higher than average wages, at $78,520. Business administrators working in Detroit-Warren-Livonia and Muskegon-Norton Shores also earned salaries above the state median, though below the country's, at $73,340 and $73,790, respectively. The state's top salaries in the 90th percentile were in Battle Creek, where business administrators earned $149,630, followed by Muskegon-Norton Shores, with annual 90th percentile wages of $134,620.
  
  

Low Salaries

• The lowest salaries for business administrators in Michigan were in Flint, where the annual median wage for the profession was $50,090, far below any other area of the state. The second-lowest salaries were in South Bend-Mishawaka area in northern Indiana/southern Michigan, at $63,590. It was Jackson where employers paid the lowest 10th percentile salaries in the state, at $26,710. Employers in Holland-Grand Haven also paid below-average 10th percentile rates, at $27,520.
  
  

Additional Factors

• Zip code isn't the only factor determining salary levels. Although there is no single degree requirement, such as in the medical field, business administrators with higher post-secondary education may receive higher salaries. It is not a guaranteed correlation, but Michiganders who seek Master's of Business Administration degrees or higher-level degrees in their field of management may be able to command higher salaries.