Dishwashers in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,250
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$5,050
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,871
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
$31,300
Kept after tax
$26,250
Worth in national money
$27,871
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays dishwashers around $31,300 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations Michigan publishes, dishwashers lands at 478. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $31,300 you keep $26,250 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $27,871 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $32,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- For dishwashers the Michigan median is $31,300, 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, this work ranks 478 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $26,250 after the full tax stack, from $31,300. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $27,871 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $32,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dishwashers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $31,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $37,930 |
| This salary | $31,300 |
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 | $26,250 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,330 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$253 |
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 | $29,957 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$306 |
| 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 dishwashers in Michigan earn under $31,300 and half over. The published range runs $25,960 at the tenth percentile to $37,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $26,250, from $31,300, 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 478 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 $27,871, the adjusted value of that $31,300 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 478 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for dishwashers in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $25,960 to $37,930; 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.
- Take-home for Michigan is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $26,250 from $31,300. 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 478 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $27,871 — the adjusted value of that $31,300 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 478 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 $32,260 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $25,960 at the tenth percentile, $37,930 at the ninetieth.
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 $27,871 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 $26,250 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.
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 $32,260. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($25,960 to $37,930) 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 $27,871 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 $26,250 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.