Home Appliance Repairers in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,125
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$10,035
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,726
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
$52,160
Kept after tax
$42,125
Worth in national money
$44,726
State rank
19
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Michigan is 19 of 50 states for home appliance repairers, with a middle wage of $52,160. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Michigan, this sits in the middle: 287 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $52,160 you keep $42,125 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,726 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $53,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- Michigan ranks 19 of 50 for home appliance repairers at $52,160. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Home appliance repairers ranks 287 of 493 occupations in Michigan by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $42,125 after the full tax stack, from $52,160. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,726 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $53,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Home Appliance Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,270 |
| This salary | $52,160 |
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 | $42,125 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,091 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$647 |
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 | $49,713 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$782 |
| 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 home appliance repairers in Michigan earn under $52,160 and half over. The published range runs $35,370 at the tenth percentile to $66,270 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $42,125 take-home in Michigan comes from $52,160. 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 287 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,726, the adjusted value of that $52,160 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 287 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for home appliance repairers in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,370 to $66,270; 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.
- Retained pay of $42,125, from $52,160, 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 287 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $44,726 — the adjusted value of that $52,160 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 287 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,370 at the tenth percentile, $66,270 at the ninetieth.
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 $44,726.
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 $42,125 of this wage survives to your account.
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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,370 to $66,270) 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 $44,726 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 $42,125 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.