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Insurance Underwriters pay in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI and Springfield, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Insurance Underwriters is $80,180 per year in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. It is $115,420 per year in Springfield, MA. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 30.5% below Springfield, MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2053 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,070 wage and salary jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI and 130 in Springfield, MA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings