Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,066
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$5,934
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,861
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
$35,000
Kept after tax
$29,066
Worth in national money
$30,861
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays home health and personal care aides around $35,000 at the midpoint, 28 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations Michigan publishes, home health and personal care aides lands at 463. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $35,000 the take-home is $29,066; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $30,861 would nationally. The average lands at $34,890, below the middle of the range.
- For home health and personal care aides the Michigan median is $35,000, ranking 28 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Michigan, this work ranks 463 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for home health and personal care aides in Michigan, on $35,000, is $29,066 — equivalent to $30,861 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 $34,890 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Home Health and Personal Care Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,790 |
| This salary | $35,000 |
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 | $29,066 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,303 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$323 |
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 | $33,461 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$390 |
| 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 $35,000. The published range is $27,880 up to $42,790, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Michigan's $29,066, worked from $35,000. 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 463 of 493.
- Two cautions on $30,861, the adjusted value of that $35,000 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 463 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for home health and personal care aides in Michigan the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,880 to $42,790. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Michigan take-home of $29,066, on $35,000 for work ranking 463 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 463 of 493 in the state.
- This $30,861 adjusted figure, worked from $35,000, 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 463 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 463 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $27,880 and the top tenth $42,790, 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 $30,861 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, $29,066 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,880 to $42,790) 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 $30,861 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 $29,066 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.