Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,360
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$11,680
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,285
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
$59,040
Kept after tax
$47,360
Worth in national money
$50,285
State rank
23
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Michigan is 23 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $59,040. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 249 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $59,040 the take-home is $47,360; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $50,285 would nationally. The average lands at $58,710, below the middle of the range.
- Michigan ranks 23 of 49 for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining at $59,040. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 249 of 493 in Michigan places excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining 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.
- Post-tax income for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Michigan, on $59,040, is $47,360 — equivalent to $50,285 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $58,710 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,090 |
| This salary | $59,040 |
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 | $47,360 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,619 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$776 |
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 | $56,229 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$939 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,040 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,730 and the ninetieth is $71,090 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,360 take-home in Michigan comes from $59,040. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 249 of 493.
- Two cautions on $50,285, the adjusted value of that $59,040 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 249 of 493 locally.
- The Michigan median of $59,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,730 to $71,090. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $47,360, from $59,040, assumes a single Michigan filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 249 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 49 for it.
- This $50,285 adjusted figure, worked from $59,040, 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 249 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 249 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,730 and the top tenth $71,090, so most people doing this work in Michigan sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $50,285 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 $47,360 of this wage survives to your account.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,730 to $71,090) 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 $50,285 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 $47,360 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.