Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,511
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$11,099
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,321
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
$56,610
Kept after tax
$45,511
Worth in national money
$48,321
State rank
12
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Michigan's middle earner gets $56,610, putting the state 12 of 47 — about 7.75% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Michigan, this sits in the middle: 264 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $56,610 the take-home is $45,511; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $48,321 would nationally. The average comes to $57,620, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For jewelers and precious stone and metal workers, Michigan sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $56,610, ranking 12 of 47 and running about 7.75% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers ranks 264 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.
- Post-tax income for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in Michigan, on $56,610, is $45,511 — equivalent to $48,321 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 $57,620 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,970 |
| This salary | $56,610 |
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 | $45,511 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,666 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$731 |
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 | $53,928 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$884 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,610 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,770 and the ninetieth is $79,970 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $45,511 take-home in Michigan comes from $56,610. 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 264 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $48,321, the adjusted value of that $56,610 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 264 of 493 in the state.
- The Michigan median of $56,610 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,770 to $79,970. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $45,511, from $56,610, 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 264 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $48,321 — the adjusted value of that $56,610 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 264 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 $37,770 and the top tenth $79,970 — 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 $48,321 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, $45,511 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,770) and the ninetieth ($79,970) 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 $48,321 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 $45,511 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.