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Hiring difficulty · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary hiring difficulty in Grand Rapids, MI

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Grand Rapids, MI lands at 8.4 out of 10, in the hard band of the public market difficulty score. This occupation is a smaller share of jobs in Grand Rapids than it is nationwide. The location quotient is 0.28 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Michigan, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 4.7%, above the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 39.3 days, longer than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). Metro median pay is $99,220 a year, under both the Michigan median of $108,970 and the U.S. median of $107,310 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 240 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Grand Rapids. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. This set of 80 metros places Grand Rapids at rank 52 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.

Public market difficulty score
8.4
Hard

Average of three ranked components, shown to one decimal. How this score is built

Key numbers

Metro median pay
$99,220
Michigan $108,970 · U.S. $107,310. BLS OEWS, May 2025, annual wage.
Local 75th percentile
$174,770
Michigan $175,370 · U.S. $210,370. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Statewide hiring pace
39.3 days
All industries, Michigan, December 2025. U.S. pace 37.8 days that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Levels: 221 thousand openings and 171 thousand hires.
Statewide openings rate
4.7%
All industries, Michigan, December 2025. U.S. rate 4.0% that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Statewide figure, for every industry in the state.
Healthcare workplaces in the metro (all provider types)
Not shown
No count for Grand Rapids. The CMS NPPES extract (retrieved September 28, 2026) was queried in Oklahoma and Texas cities only. Where a count is shown, it covers all provider types in the metro and is the same for every role.

JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Michigan. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.

Annual pay

Metro employment 240 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 0.28. Metro area: Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI.

PercentileMetroMIU.S.
25th$64,720$71,300$75,690
Median$99,220$108,970$107,310
75th$174,770$175,370$210,370

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.

Score components

ComponentInputScoreReading
Local supply0.289.9Location quotient, BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component. Ranked among the 1,953 published pages.
Statewide openings rate4.7%8.7Total nonfarm, all industries, Michigan, December 2025. Higher rate, higher component. Ranked among 51 states and DC.
Statewide hiring pace39.3 days6.6Openings ÷ hires × 365.25 ÷ 12, from 221 thousand openings and 171 thousand hires. Higher days, higher component.

Shown score 8.4 is the average, rounded half up to one decimal. Full method