Healthcare Support Workers, All Other in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,084
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$7,196
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,127
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
$40,280
Kept after tax
$33,084
Worth in national money
$35,127
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Michigan pays healthcare support workers, all other a middle wage of $40,280, 44 of 51 states and about 16.83% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Michigan this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, healthcare support workers, all other ranks 403. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $40,280 you keep $33,084 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $35,127 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $44,060, since top earners drag the number up.
- Michigan's $40,280 median for healthcare support workers, all other places it 44 of 51 states, about 16.83% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Michigan reports, healthcare support workers, all other ranks 403 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $33,084 after the full tax stack, from $40,280. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,127 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $44,060 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,490 |
| This salary | $40,280 |
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 | $33,084 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,545 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$422 |
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 | $38,462 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$511 |
| 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 healthcare support workers, all other in Michigan earn under $40,280 and half over. The published range runs $31,560 at the tenth percentile to $59,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Michigan's $33,084, worked from $40,280. 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 403 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,127, the adjusted value of that $40,280 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 403 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for healthcare support workers, all other in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,560 to $59,490; 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.
- The Michigan take-home of $33,084, on $40,280 for work ranking 403 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 403 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $35,127 — the adjusted value of that $40,280 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 403 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 $44,060 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,560 and the top tenth $59,490, so most people doing this work in Michigan sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Michigan is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $35,127 in national terms.
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, $33,084 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $44,060. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,560 to $59,490) 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 $35,127 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 $33,084 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.