Kennel Attendant Salary in Michigan

Michigan's position against the national figures changes across the distribution, and it does not move in one direction: the gap widens from the floor to the median, then narrows again above it.

At the 10th percentile, $27,770, Michigan is 2% above the national $27,250 — the only point where the state is ahead.

The 25th percentile is 3% below the national figure, the median is 14% below, and both upper percentiles sit 9% below: the 75th at $36,390 against $40,050 nationally, the 90th at $45,480 against $50,060.

The shortfall is largest at the median — $5,040, or 14% — the widest gap in both dollar and percentage terms.

Benchmarking a Michigan offer against the national median alone would miss how deep the state's middle sits.

Half of the Michigan workers counted earned between $28,960 and $36,390 — a band $7,430 wide, against $10,230 nationally.

The full 10th-to-90th span is $17,710, against $22,810 nationally — narrower in dollars, and narrower relative to Michigan's lower median as well.

Split into quarters, the tightening sits at the bottom: the 10th-to-25th segment is $1,190 wide against $2,570 nationally, and the 25th-to-median segment is $1,360 against $5,540, the largest narrowing of the four.

The median-to-75th segment runs the other way, $6,070 against $4,690, and the 75th-to-90th segment is $9,090 against $10,010.

The median sits $1,360 above the 25th percentile and $6,070 below the 75th, hugging the bottom of its band in a way the national median does not.

OEWS does not publish why a distribution has this shape, and this row spans every industry, so this page does not assign it a cause.

The Michigan hourly median is $14.58, against $17.00 nationally — 14% below, matching the annual median gap exactly.

The data set carries hourly pay at the median only, so it is the figure to hold an hourly posting against.

Before comparing a posted rate with the annual percentiles, ask how many hours a week the role is scheduled.

BLS estimates 6,290 animal caretakers were employed in Michigan across all industries, 15th among the jurisdictions that publish an employment figure.

The estimate is a headcount of people in jobs during the survey period, not a count of openings, and it says nothing about how those jobs are distributed within the state.

BLS publishes no state count of how many of these jobs are in veterinary settings.

In the same release, veterinary technologists and technicians in Michigan have a median of $49,710 — $19,390, or 64%, above the all-industry animal caretaker median on this page, and 1.6 times as much.

The technician hourly median is $23.90, against $14.58.

The comparison sets a veterinary occupation against an all-industry one counting different workers, so it is context for someone weighing a move into technician work, not a raise anyone should expect.