First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,341
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$17,209
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,067
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
$77,550
Kept after tax
$60,341
Worth in national money
$64,067
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $77,550, ranking 35 of 50 states — about 17.09% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 136 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $77,550 the take-home is $60,341; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $64,067 would nationally. The average comes to $78,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Michigan ranks 35 of 50 for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers, with a median of $77,550 — about 17.09% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 136 of 493 in Michigan places first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers 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 first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Michigan, on $77,550, is $60,341 — equivalent to $64,067 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 $78,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,580 |
| This salary | $77,550 |
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 | $60,341 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,386 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,162 |
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 | $73,221 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,605 |
| 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 $77,550. The published range is $49,550 up to $104,580, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $60,341, from $77,550, 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 136 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $64,067, the adjusted value of that $77,550 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 136 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Michigan the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,550 to $104,580. 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 $60,341 from $77,550. 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 136 of 493 locally.
- This $64,067 adjusted figure, worked from $77,550, 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 136 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 136 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,550 at the tenth percentile, $104,580 at the ninetieth.
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 $64,067 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 $60,341.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,550 to $104,580) 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 $64,067 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 $60,341 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.