Aircraft Service Attendants in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,906
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$7,454
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,999
Michigan costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Michigan — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$41,360
Kept after tax
$33,906
Worth in national money
$35,999
State rank
25
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Michigan is 25 of 46 states for aircraft service attendants, with a middle wage of $41,360. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Michigan this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, aircraft service attendants ranks 398. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $41,360 you keep $33,906 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $35,999 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $41,350.
- Michigan ranks 25 of 46 for aircraft service attendants at $41,360. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Michigan reports, aircraft service attendants ranks 398 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $33,906 after the full tax stack, from $41,360. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,999 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,350 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,000 |
| This salary | $41,360 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Michigan | $33,906 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,413 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$443 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $39,484 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$536 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of aircraft service attendants in Michigan earn under $41,360 and half over. The published range runs $30,640 at the tenth percentile to $47,000 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Michigan's $33,906, worked from $41,360. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 398 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,999 uses one figure for the whole of Michigan. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 398.
- Figures are distribution medians for aircraft service attendants in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,640 to $47,000; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Michigan take-home of $33,906, on $41,360 for work ranking 398 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 398 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,999, worked from $41,360, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Michigan address, on work sitting at 398 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,640 at the tenth percentile, $47,000 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Michigan sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $35,999 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Michigan's own levy, $33,906 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,640 to $47,000) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Michigan rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Michigan's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $35,999 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $33,906 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Michigan income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.