Correctional Officers and Jailers in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,150
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$12,870
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,309
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
$64,020
Kept after tax
$51,150
Worth in national money
$54,309
State rank
17
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Michigan is 17 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $64,020. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Michigan, this sits in the middle: 198 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $64,020 you keep $51,150 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $54,309 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $63,120.
- Michigan ranks 17 of 49 for correctional officers and jailers at $64,020. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Correctional officers and jailers ranks 198 of 493 occupations in Michigan by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $51,150 after the full tax stack, from $64,020. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,309 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $63,120 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Correctional Officers and Jailers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,990 |
| This salary | $64,020 |
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 | $51,150 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,620 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$870 |
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 | $60,946 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,053 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,020 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,360 and the ninetieth is $77,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $51,150 take-home in Michigan comes from $64,020. 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 198 of 493.
- Two cautions on $54,309, the adjusted value of that $64,020 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 198 of 493 locally.
- The Michigan median of $64,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,360 to $77,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $51,150, from $64,020, 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 198 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 49 for it.
- This $54,309 adjusted figure, worked from $64,020, 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 198 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 198 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,360 at the bottom tenth to $77,990 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $54,309 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $51,150.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,360 to $77,990) 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 $54,309 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 $51,150 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.