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Direct support professional salary in Michigan

Open direct support professional jobs in Michigan post a median of $17.13 an hour, the middle half $17–$17.13 (about $35,600 a year full time), $1.99 below the national posted median. From 14 jobs at 7 employers that state their pay.

$17.13
Median posted /hr
$17–$17.13
Middle half /hr
$35,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$16.83
BLS median in MI
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Direct support professional jobs in Michigan · Direct support professional pay nationwide

What direct support professionals are paid in Michigan

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $17.13 an hour. Middle half $17 to $17.13. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 14 open jobs in Michigan. Lowest posted $14, highest $21.79.

Posted on open jobs in Michigan

$17–$17.13/hr

Middle half of 14 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $17.13. 100% of the 14 open direct support professional jobs in Michigan state an hourly rate.

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Direct support professional pay by employer in Michigan

What each employer posts for direct support professionals here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Macomb Residential Opportunities$17.13$17.137
Family & Children Services$16.88$16–$182
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services$18.68$15.57–$21.791
Flatrock Manor$17.13$17.131
UnitedHealth Group$17$14–$201
University Home Care$16.50$14–$191
CareOne Senior Care$15$14–$161

Median of each employer's jobs in Michigan (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for direct support professionals nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open direct support professional jobs in Michigan

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Michigan

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Michigan. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120)$13.40 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$14.69 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$16.83 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$17.81 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$20.57 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)95,020 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Direct support professional salary in Michigan: common questions

How much does a direct support professional make in Michigan?

Open direct support professional jobs in Michigan that state an hourly rate post a median of $17.13, the middle half $17–$17.13 (14 jobs from 7 employers). Full time that is about $35,600 a year. BLS measured a median of $16.83/hr ($35,000 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Michigan (May 2025).

How does Michigan compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Michigan ($17.13) is $1.99 below the national posted median of $19.12. In the BLS survey Michigan ranks 28 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 14 of 14 open direct support professional jobs in Michigan (100%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Direct support professional pay in other states

Direct support professional salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Caregivers & Home Health Aides job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Michigan pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional salary in Michigan. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/direct-support-professional/michigan

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