Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,093
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$9,397
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,568
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
$49,490
Kept after tax
$40,093
Worth in national money
$42,568
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays this job around $49,490 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Michigan, this sits in the middle: 307 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Michigan does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,490 you keep $40,093, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,568 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $54,140, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance the Michigan median is $49,490, ranking 30 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.
- Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance ranks 307 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.
- After federal, FICA and Michigan income tax, retained pay for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance on $49,490 is $40,093. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,568 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $54,140 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,650 |
| This salary | $49,490 |
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 | $40,093 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,945 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$596 |
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 | $47,184 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$721 |
| 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 dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Michigan earn under $49,490 and half over. The published range runs $34,880 at the tenth percentile to $80,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Michigan's $40,093, worked from $49,490. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 307 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,568, the adjusted value of that $49,490 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 307 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,880 to $80,650; 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.
- The Michigan take-home of $40,093, on $49,490 for work ranking 307 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 307 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $42,568 — the adjusted value of that $49,490 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 307 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $54,140, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $34,880, the highest tenth $80,650, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $42,568.
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 $40,093.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $54,140. 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 ($34,880) and the ninetieth ($80,650) 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 $42,568 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 $40,093 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.