Compensation and Benefits Managers in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$108,705
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$42,915
28.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$115,418
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
$151,620
Kept after tax
$108,705
Worth in national money
$115,418
State rank
15
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Michigan's middle earner gets $151,620, putting the state 15 of 45 — about 1.6% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Michigan this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 9 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $151,620 the take-home is $108,705; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $115,418 would nationally. The average comes to $164,050, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For compensation and benefits managers, Michigan sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $151,620, ranking 15 of 45 and running about 1.6% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Michigan publishes a median for, compensation and benefits managers sits 9 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for compensation and benefits managers in Michigan, on $151,620, is $108,705 — equivalent to $115,418 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 $164,050 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Compensation and Benefits Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $95,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $151,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $240,790 |
| This salary | $151,620 |
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 | $108,705 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $114,898 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,821 |
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 | $142,559 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,010 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Michigan earn less than $151,620. The published range is $95,800 up to $240,790, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $108,705, from $151,620, 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 9 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $115,418, the adjusted value of that $151,620 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 9 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for compensation and benefits managers in Michigan the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $95,800 to $240,790. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Michigan is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $108,705 from $151,620. 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 9 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $115,418 — the adjusted value of that $151,620 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 9 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 $164,050 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $95,800 and the top tenth $240,790 — 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 $115,418.
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 $108,705 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $164,050. 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 ($95,800) and the ninetieth ($240,790) 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 $115,418 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 $108,705 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.