Instructional Coordinators in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,491
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$17,799
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,289
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
$79,290
Kept after tax
$61,491
Worth in national money
$65,289
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Michigan is 19 of 51 states for instructional coordinators, with a middle wage of $79,290. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Instructional coordinators ranks 124 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Here is where Michigan does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,290 you keep $61,491, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $65,289 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $81,460, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Michigan ranks 19 of 51 for instructional coordinators at $79,290. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 124 of 493 in Michigan places instructional coordinators 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.
- After federal, FICA and Michigan income tax, retained pay for instructional coordinators on $79,290 is $61,491. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $65,289 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $81,460 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Instructional Coordinators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,970 |
| This salary | $79,290 |
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 | $61,491 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,611 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,200 |
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 | $74,856 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,658 |
| 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 instructional coordinators in Michigan earn under $79,290 and half over. The published range runs $51,830 at the tenth percentile to $108,970 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $61,491 take-home in Michigan comes from $79,290. 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 124 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,289, the adjusted value of that $79,290 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 124 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for instructional coordinators in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,830 to $108,970; 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 $61,491, from $79,290, 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 124 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $65,289 — the adjusted value of that $79,290 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 124 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $51,830 and the top tenth $108,970 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $65,289 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, $61,491 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($51,830) and the ninetieth ($108,970) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $65,289 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 $61,491 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.