Driver/Sales Workers Salary — Battle Creek, Michigan

The average Driver/Sales Workers in Battle Creek, Michigan earns $44,160 a year.

$44,160 / year, mean
↑ 7.6% above national average 93th percentile in Michigan

Battle Creek sits at the very top of the range for this role in Michigan — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for driver/sales workers — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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)
200
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.3%
Cost of living 91 #158 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 $189,677 #169 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $60,385 #165 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Battle Creek ranks #158 for cost of living and #169 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 $55,520 Santa Rosa $52,100 Sacramento $51,550 Fresno $50,610 Spokane $50,560 Merced $50,370 Yuba City $50,330 Vallejo $50,130 Stockton $49,900 San Francisco $49,380 San Diego $48,900 El Centro $48,870 Yakima $48,800 Bremerton $48,680 Napa $48,460 Olympia $48,350 Bellingham $47,980 Mount Vernon $47,950 Portland $47,750 Riverside $47,710 Wenatchee $47,480 Bay City $47,350 Walla Walla $47,210 Los Angeles $47,100 New York $46,920 Seattle $46,850 Salinas $46,590 Kennewick $46,530 Modesto $46,400 Longview $46,300 Kiryas Joel $46,290 Santa Maria $46,030 Visalia $45,820 Elmira $45,670 Chico $45,630 Salisbury $45,600 Redding $45,480 Decatur $45,400 Hanford $45,290 Oxnard $45,040 Lebanon $44,690 Chicago $44,630 Rochester $44,580 Kingston $44,570 Battle Creek $44,160 Watertown $44,140 San Luis Obispo $44,010 Jacksonville $43,960 Laredo $43,890 Scranton $43,660 Dallas $43,570 Staunton $43,560 Syracuse $43,260 Utica $43,190 Buffalo $43,140 Midland $43,100 Baltimore $43,040 Glens Falls $43,040 Grand Rapids $43,020 Medford $42,950 Santa Cruz $42,730 Springfield $42,500 Jackson $42,260 Kalamazoo $42,240 Vineland $42,140 Louisville $42,030 Flint $41,990 Traverse City $41,990 Detroit $41,960 Atlantic City $41,890 Lansing $41,780 Bend $41,730 Albany $41,670 Rockford $41,480 Ann Arbor $41,460 Ithaca $41,370 Wheeling $41,330 Eugene $41,310 Richmond $41,260 Bloomington $41,100 Indianapolis $41,080 Bakersfield $40,910 Binghamton $40,900 Saginaw $40,880 Charlottesville $40,860 Sarasota $40,830 South Bend $40,610 Odessa $40,470 Reading $40,470 Midland $40,390 Salem $40,140 State College $40,140 Harrisburg $40,130 Allentown $40,100 Waco $40,100 Naples $40,010 Miami $39,990 Fort Myers $39,960 Lancaster $39,900 Corvallis $39,870 Virginia Beach $39,850 Champaign $39,710 Lexington $39,670 Peoria $39,560 Philadelphia $39,310 Trenton $39,040 Kankakee $38,830 Hagerstown $38,740 Sherman $38,690 Victoria $38,670 Deltona $38,540 Port St. Lucie $38,470 York $38,440 Amarillo $38,410 Gainesville $38,340 Monroe $38,300 Roanoke $38,280 Lynchburg $38,210 Texarkana $38,170 Johnstown $38,160 Williamsport $37,910 Winchester $37,840 Lexington Park $37,740 Muskegon $37,690 Austin $37,660 Evansville $37,630 Ocala $37,420 Fort Wayne $37,390 Palm Bay $37,360 Tyler $37,320 Tampa $37,230 Niles $37,170 Orlando $37,110 Beaumont $36,820 San Antonio $36,750 Parkersburg $36,510 Wichita Falls $36,380 Lakeland $36,190 Harrisonburg $36,100 Beckley $36,050 Abilene $36,030 Paducah $35,950 Crestview $35,920 Panama City $35,880 Grants Pass $35,740 Longview $35,710 Kokomo $35,410 Tallahassee $35,380 Albany $35,350 Punta Gorda $35,310 Bowling Green $35,210 Corpus Christi $35,130 Lubbock $35,120 San Angelo $35,050 Gettysburg $34,970 Altoona $34,950 Erie $34,880 Huntington $34,860 Elizabethtown $34,800 Muncie $34,740 Michigan City $34,600 Sebring $34,480 Elkhart $34,430 Terre Haute $34,410 Morgantown $34,280 Pensacola $34,200 Sebastian $34,100 Columbus $34,040 El Paso $33,780 Houston $33,700 Weirton $33,610 Killeen $33,520 Bloomington $33,350 Brownsville $33,160 Pittsburgh $33,120 College Station $33,080 Owensboro $33,080 Homosassa Springs $32,620 McAllen $32,390 Lafayette $32,280 Dover $31,930 Charleston $30,460
CityMean salaryvs. Battle Creek
Abilene, Texas$36,030-18.4%
Albany, Oregon$35,350-20.0%
Albany, New York$41,670-5.6%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$40,100-9.2%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$34,950-20.9%
Amarillo, Texas$38,410-13.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$41,460-6.1%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$41,890-5.1%
Austin, Texas$37,660-14.7%
Bakersfield, California$40,910-7.4%
Baltimore, Maryland$43,040-2.5%
Bay City, Michigan$47,350+7.2%
Beaumont, Texas$36,820-16.6%
Beckley, West Virginia$36,050-18.4%
Bellingham, Washington$47,980+8.7%
Bend, Oregon$41,730-5.5%
Binghamton, New York$40,900-7.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$41,100-6.9%
Bloomington, Indiana$33,350-24.5%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$35,210-20.3%
Bremerton, Washington$48,680+10.2%
Brownsville, Texas$33,160-24.9%
Buffalo, New York$43,140-2.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$39,960-9.5%
Champaign, Illinois$39,710-10.1%
Charleston, West Virginia$30,460-31.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$40,860-7.5%
Chicago, Illinois$44,630+1.1%
Chico, California$45,630+3.3%
College Station, Texas$33,080-25.1%
Columbus, Indiana$34,040-22.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$35,130-20.4%
Corvallis, Oregon$39,870-9.7%
Crestview, Florida$35,920-18.7%
Dallas, Texas$43,570-1.3%
Decatur, Illinois$45,400+2.8%
Deltona, Florida$38,540-12.7%
Detroit, Michigan$41,960-5.0%
Dover, Delaware$31,930-27.7%
El Centro, California$48,870+10.7%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$34,800-21.2%
Elkhart, Indiana$34,430-22.0%
Elmira, New York$45,670+3.4%
El Paso, Texas$33,780-23.5%
Erie, Pennsylvania$34,880-21.0%
Eugene, Oregon$41,310-6.5%
Evansville, Indiana$37,630-14.8%
Flint, Michigan$41,990-4.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$37,390-15.3%
Fresno, California$50,610+14.6%
Gainesville, Florida$38,340-13.2%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$34,970-20.8%
Glens Falls, New York$43,040-2.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$43,020-2.6%
Grants Pass, Oregon$35,740-19.1%
Hagerstown, Maryland$38,740-12.3%
Hanford, California$45,290+2.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$40,130-9.1%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$36,100-18.3%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$32,620-26.1%
Houston, Texas$33,700-23.7%
Huntington, West Virginia$34,860-21.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$41,080-7.0%
Ithaca, New York$41,370-6.3%
Jackson, Michigan$42,260-4.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$43,960-0.5%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$38,160-13.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$42,240-4.3%
Kankakee, Illinois$38,830-12.1%
Kennewick, Washington$46,530+5.4%
Killeen, Texas$33,520-24.1%
Kingston, New York$44,570+0.9%
Kiryas Joel, New York$46,290+4.8%
Kokomo, Indiana$35,410-19.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$32,280-26.9%
Lakeland, Florida$36,190-18.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$39,900-9.6%
Lansing, Michigan$41,780-5.4%
Laredo, Texas$43,890-0.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$44,690+1.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$39,670-10.2%
Lexington Park, Maryland$37,740-14.5%
Longview, Texas$35,710-19.1%
Longview, Washington$46,300+4.8%
Los Angeles, California$47,100+6.7%
Louisville, Kentucky$42,030-4.8%
Lubbock, Texas$35,120-20.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$38,210-13.5%
McAllen, Texas$32,390-26.7%
Medford, Oregon$42,950-2.7%
Merced, California$50,370+14.1%
Miami, Florida$39,990-9.4%
Michigan City, Indiana$34,600-21.6%
Midland, Michigan$40,390-8.5%
Midland, Texas$43,100-2.4%
Modesto, California$46,400+5.1%
Monroe, Michigan$38,300-13.3%
Morgantown, West Virginia$34,280-22.4%
Mount Vernon, Washington$47,950+8.6%
Muncie, Indiana$34,740-21.3%
Muskegon, Michigan$37,690-14.7%
Napa, California$48,460+9.7%
Naples, Florida$40,010-9.4%
New York, New York$46,920+6.2%
Niles, Michigan$37,170-15.8%
Sarasota, Florida$40,830-7.5%
Ocala, Florida$37,420-15.3%
Odessa, Texas$40,470-8.4%
Olympia, Washington$48,350+9.5%
Orlando, Florida$37,110-16.0%
Owensboro, Kentucky$33,080-25.1%
Oxnard, California$45,040+2.0%
Paducah, Kentucky$35,950-18.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$37,360-15.4%
Panama City, Florida$35,880-18.8%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$36,510-17.3%
Pensacola, Florida$34,200-22.6%
Peoria, Illinois$39,560-10.4%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$39,310-11.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$33,120-25.0%
Portland, Oregon$47,750+8.1%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$38,470-12.9%
Punta Gorda, Florida$35,310-20.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$40,470-8.4%
Redding, California$45,480+3.0%
Richmond, Virginia$41,260-6.6%
Riverside, California$47,710+8.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$38,280-13.3%
Rochester, New York$44,580+1.0%
Rockford, Illinois$41,480-6.1%
Sacramento, California$51,550+16.7%
Saginaw, Michigan$40,880-7.4%
Salem, Oregon$40,140-9.1%
Salinas, California$46,590+5.5%
Salisbury, Maryland$45,600+3.3%
San Angelo, Texas$35,050-20.6%
San Antonio, Texas$36,750-16.8%
San Diego, California$48,900+10.7%
San Francisco, California$49,380+11.8%
San Jose, California$55,520+25.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$44,010-0.3%
Santa Cruz, California$42,730-3.2%
Santa Maria, California$46,030+4.2%
Santa Rosa, California$52,100+18.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$43,660-1.1%
Seattle, Washington$46,850+6.1%
Sebastian, Florida$34,100-22.8%
Sebring, Florida$34,480-21.9%
Sherman, Texas$38,690-12.4%
South Bend, Indiana$40,610-8.0%
Spokane, Washington$50,560+14.5%
Springfield, Illinois$42,500-3.8%
State College, Pennsylvania$40,140-9.1%
Staunton, Virginia$43,560-1.4%
Stockton, California$49,900+13.0%
Syracuse, New York$43,260-2.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$35,380-19.9%
Tampa, Florida$37,230-15.7%
Terre Haute, Indiana$34,410-22.1%
Texarkana, Texas$38,170-13.6%
Traverse City, Michigan$41,990-4.9%
Trenton, New Jersey$39,040-11.6%
Tyler, Texas$37,320-15.5%
Utica, New York$43,190-2.2%
Vallejo, California$50,130+13.5%
Victoria, Texas$38,670-12.4%
Vineland, New Jersey$42,140-4.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$39,850-9.8%
Visalia, California$45,820+3.8%
Waco, Texas$40,100-9.2%
Walla Walla, Washington$47,210+6.9%
Watertown, New York$44,140-0.0%
Weirton, West Virginia$33,610-23.9%
Wenatchee, Washington$47,480+7.5%
Wheeling, West Virginia$41,330-6.4%
Wichita Falls, Texas$36,380-17.6%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$37,910-14.2%
Winchester, Virginia$37,840-14.3%
Yakima, Washington$48,800+10.5%
York, Pennsylvania$38,440-13.0%
Yuba City, California$50,330+14.0%
Gross salary
44,160/yr
Estimated take-home
35,649/yr
Est. total withheld
19.3%

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 53-3031 SOC code
Official area Battle Creek, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 12980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
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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Population (metro area)
133,846