Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,904
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$11,536
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,800
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
$58,440
Kept after tax
$46,904
Worth in national money
$49,800
State rank
21
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Michigan is 21 of 49 states for drywall and ceiling tile installers, with a middle wage of $58,440. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Michigan, this sits in the middle: 252 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 $58,440 you keep $46,904, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $49,800 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $58,520, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Michigan ranks 21 of 49 for drywall and ceiling tile installers at $58,440. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Drywall and ceiling tile installers ranks 252 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 drywall and ceiling tile installers on $58,440 is $46,904. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $49,800 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 $58,520 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,960 |
| This salary | $58,440 |
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 | $46,904 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,137 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$765 |
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 | $55,661 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$925 |
| 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 drywall and ceiling tile installers in Michigan earn under $58,440 and half over. The published range runs $42,640 at the tenth percentile to $76,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $46,904, from $58,440, 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 252 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $49,800, the adjusted value of that $58,440 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 252 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for drywall and ceiling tile installers in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,640 to $76,960; 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 $46,904 from $58,440. 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 252 of 493 locally.
- This $49,800 adjusted figure, worked from $58,440, 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 252 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 252 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $42,640 at the bottom tenth to $76,960 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 $49,800 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 $46,904.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,640 to $76,960) 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 $49,800 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 $46,904 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.