Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,087
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$19,643
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,107
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
$84,730
Kept after tax
$65,087
Worth in national money
$69,107
State rank
35
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Michigan. The middle earner gets $84,730. That is 35 of 48 states, and about 15.76% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Michigan. It ranks 98 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $84,730 the take-home is $65,087; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $69,107 would nationally. The average comes to $95,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For clinical and counseling psychologists, Michigan sits in the lower band at $84,730, ranking 35 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 15.76%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Michigan, clinical and counseling psychologists ranks 98 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for clinical and counseling psychologists in Michigan, on $84,730, is $65,087 — equivalent to $69,107 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 $95,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,980 |
| This salary | $84,730 |
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 | $65,087 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,438 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,321 |
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 | $79,968 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,824 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,730 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,290 and the ninetieth is $134,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $65,087, from $84,730, 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 98 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $69,107, the adjusted value of that $84,730 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 98 of 493 locally.
- The Michigan median of $84,730 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,290 to $134,980. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Michigan is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $65,087 from $84,730. 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 98 of 493 locally.
- This $69,107 adjusted figure, worked from $84,730, 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 98 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 98 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $95,160, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $61,290, the highest tenth $134,980, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $69,107.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Michigan adds its own income tax on top — which is why $65,087 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $95,160. 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 ($61,290) and the ninetieth ($134,980) 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 $69,107 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 $65,087 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.