Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,183
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$8,797
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,540
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
$46,980
Kept after tax
$38,183
Worth in national money
$40,540
State rank
26
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $46,980, ranking 26 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Michigan reports figures for, this is number 335.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,980 you keep $38,183 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,540 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,280, since top earners drag the number up.
- Michigan occupies the middle band for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers: a median of $46,980, ranking 26 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Michigan's occupational distribution, coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers sits at 335 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $38,183 after the full tax stack, from $46,980. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,540 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,280 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,020 |
| This salary | $46,980 |
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 | $38,183 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,928 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$549 |
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 | $44,807 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$664 |
| 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 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in Michigan earn under $46,980 and half over. The published range runs $36,690 at the tenth percentile to $60,020 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,183 take-home in Michigan comes from $46,980. 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 335 of 493.
- Two cautions on $40,540, the adjusted value of that $46,980 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 335 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,690 to $60,020; 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.
- Retained pay of $38,183, from $46,980, 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 335 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 48 for it.
- This $40,540 adjusted figure, worked from $46,980, 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 335 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 335 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,690 and the top tenth $60,020, so most people doing this work in Michigan sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,540.
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 $38,183 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,690 to $60,020) 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 $40,540 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 $38,183 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.