While the paychecks might not be packing as much punch as many Metro Detroiters would like, the region is ranked in a list by job-hunting website Glassdoor as the place where pay goes the furthest.

Highlighting Metro Detroit's No. 1 ranking for 2016 is a 50-percent cost-of-living ratio to a median base salary of around $60,000.

"Median annual base salary per metro (is) based on at least 1,000 salary reports shared by local employees on Glassdoor over the past year," the website explains.

Glassdoor also highlights a median home value of $123,100 and 50,000-plus open jobs.

"There are several ways to approach calculating and comparing your pay against cost of living, but for the purposes of this report, we'll highlight the top cities by comparing a city's median base salary to its median home value," Glassdoor writes. "Why? Because housing (mortgage or rent) is the biggest expenditure for people across all U.S. cities, according to figures from the federal government.

"More specifically, housing costs account for 33% of annual expenditures for the average American, more than any other expense."

An interesting note about the rankings is that Detroit's median base salary was one of the highest of the 25 cities featured on the rankings. The city's cost of living ratio and median home value certainly helped its standing in Glassdoor's ratings.

Memphis, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Birmingham, Kansas City and Louisville rounded out the top 10.

"Surprising cities like Detroit and Pittsburgh ranked highly thanks to low costs offset against increasingly strong take home pay," Glassdoor writes. "These aren't cities most people would expect to do well on a study measuring quality of life."

To check out the full list, click here. No other Michigan cities were featured on the list.