Computer and Information Systems Managers in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$116,487
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$47,273
28.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$123,680
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
$163,760
Kept after tax
$116,487
Worth in national money
$123,680
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays this job around $163,760 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Michigan. It ranks 7 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $163,760 you keep $116,487 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $123,680 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $166,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- For computer and information systems managers the Michigan median is $163,760, ranking 25 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.
- Within Michigan, computer and information systems managers ranks 7 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.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $116,487 after the full tax stack, from $163,760. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $123,680 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $166,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer and Information Systems Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $99,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $163,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $232,870 |
| This salary | $163,760 |
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 | $116,487 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $123,196 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,097 |
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 | $153,944 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,403 |
| 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 $163,760. The published range is $99,270 up to $232,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $116,487, from $163,760, 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 7 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 $123,680 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 7.
- Reported values are medians; for computer and information systems managers in Michigan the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $99,270 to $232,870. 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 $116,487 from $163,760. 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 7 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $123,680, worked from $163,760, 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 7 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $99,270, the highest tenth $232,870, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Michigan sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $123,680 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $116,487 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($99,270) and the ninetieth ($232,870) 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 $123,680 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 $116,487 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.