Chemical Technicians in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,706
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$11,474
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,590
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
$58,180
Kept after tax
$46,706
Worth in national money
$49,590
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays chemical technicians around $58,180 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Chemical technicians ranks 255 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $58,180 the take-home is $46,706; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $49,590 would nationally. The average comes to $61,340, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For chemical technicians the Michigan median is $58,180, ranking 30 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 255 of 493 in Michigan places chemical technicians 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.
- Post-tax income for chemical technicians in Michigan, on $58,180, is $46,706 — equivalent to $49,590 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $61,340 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chemical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,520 |
| This salary | $58,180 |
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 | $46,706 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,928 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$760 |
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 | $55,415 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$919 |
| 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 chemical technicians in Michigan earn under $58,180 and half over. The published range runs $44,520 at the tenth percentile to $85,520 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $46,706, from $58,180, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 255 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,590 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 255.
- Figures are distribution medians for chemical technicians in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,520 to $85,520; 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.
- Take-home for Michigan is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,706 from $58,180. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 255 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,590, worked from $58,180, 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 255 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $61,340 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $44,520 at the tenth percentile, $85,520 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Michigan is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $49,590 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Michigan then takes its own share, leaving $46,706.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $61,340. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,520 to $85,520) 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 $49,590 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 $46,706 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.