Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,968
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$15,992
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,548
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
$73,960
Kept after tax
$57,968
Worth in national money
$61,548
State rank
30
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $73,960, ranking 30 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 154 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $73,960 you keep $57,968 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $61,548 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $74,320, since top earners drag the number up.
- Michigan occupies the middle band for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other: a median of $73,960, ranking 30 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 154 of 493 in Michigan places engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $57,968 after the full tax stack, from $73,960. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $61,548 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $74,320 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,520 |
| This salary | $73,960 |
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 | $57,968 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,861 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,082 |
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 | $69,848 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,495 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $73,960 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,390 and the ninetieth is $107,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Michigan's $57,968, worked from $73,960. 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 154 of 493.
- Two cautions on $61,548, the adjusted value of that $73,960 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 154 of 493 locally.
- The Michigan median of $73,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,390 to $107,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Michigan take-home of $57,968, on $73,960 for work ranking 154 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 154 of 493 in the state.
- This $61,548 adjusted figure, worked from $73,960, 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 154 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 154 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $45,390 and the top tenth $107,520 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $61,548 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $57,968 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($45,390) and the ninetieth ($107,520) 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 $61,548 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 $57,968 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.