Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,526
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$9,534
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,029
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
$50,060
Kept after tax
$40,526
Worth in national money
$43,029
State rank
38
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Michigan pays this job a middle wage of $50,060, 38 of 47 states and about 13.75% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 297 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $50,060 you keep $40,526 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,029 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $56,570, since top earners drag the number up.
- Michigan's $50,060 median for chemical equipment operators and tenders places it 38 of 47 states, about 13.75% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 297 of 493 in Michigan places chemical equipment operators and tenders in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $40,526 after the full tax stack, from $50,060. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,029 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,570 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,470 |
| This salary | $50,060 |
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 | $40,526 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,403 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$607 |
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 | $47,724 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$734 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $50,060 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,430 and the ninetieth is $80,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $40,526 take-home in Michigan comes from $50,060. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 297 of 493.
- Two cautions on $43,029, the adjusted value of that $50,060 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Michigan. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 297 of 493 locally.
- The Michigan median of $50,060 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,430 to $80,470. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $40,526, from $50,060, assumes a single Michigan filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 297 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 47 for it.
- This $43,029 adjusted figure, worked from $50,060, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 297 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 297 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $56,570, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,430 and the top tenth $80,470 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $43,029.
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, $40,526 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Michigan is $56,570. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,430) and the ninetieth ($80,470) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $43,029 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 $40,526 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.