Education Administrators, All Other in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,086
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$18,104
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,920
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
$80,190
Kept after tax
$62,086
Worth in national money
$65,920
State rank
37
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Michigan. The middle earner gets $80,190. That is 37 of 49 states, and about 15.77% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Michigan. It ranks 117 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 $80,190 you keep $62,086 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $65,920 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $88,350, since top earners drag the number up.
- For education administrators, all other, Michigan sits in the lower band at $80,190, ranking 37 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 15.77%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Michigan, education administrators, all other ranks 117 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 $62,086 after the full tax stack, from $80,190. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $65,920 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $88,350 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,120 |
| This salary | $80,190 |
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 | $62,086 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,244 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,220 |
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 | $75,702 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,685 |
| 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 $80,190. The published range is $46,250 up to $137,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $62,086, from $80,190, 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 117 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $65,920, the adjusted value of that $80,190 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 117 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for education administrators, all other in Michigan the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,250 to $137,120. 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 $62,086 from $80,190. 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 117 of 493 locally.
- This $65,920 adjusted figure, worked from $80,190, 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 117 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 117 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 $88,350 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,250, the highest tenth $137,120, 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 $65,920.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Michigan's own levy, $62,086 remains.
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.
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 $88,350. 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 ($46,250) and the ninetieth ($137,120) 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 $65,920 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 $62,086 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.