Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,883
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$9,017
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,284
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
$47,900
Kept after tax
$38,883
Worth in national money
$41,284
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Michigan pays this job a middle wage of $47,900, 36 of 49 states and about 16.77% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 323 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,900 the take-home is $38,883; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,284 would nationally. The average comes to $48,920, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Michigan's $47,900 median for motorboat mechanics and service technicians places it 36 of 49 states, about 16.77% 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.
- Position 323 of 493 in Michigan places motorboat mechanics and service technicians 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.
- Post-tax income for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Michigan, on $47,900, is $38,883 — equivalent to $41,284 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 $48,920 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,020 |
| This salary | $47,900 |
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 | $38,883 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,668 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$566 |
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 | $45,678 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$685 |
| 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 motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Michigan earn under $47,900 and half over. The published range runs $27,840 at the tenth percentile to $64,020 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 $38,883, worked from $47,900. 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 323 of 493.
- Two cautions on $41,284, the adjusted value of that $47,900 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 323 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for motorboat mechanics and service technicians in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,840 to $64,020; 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 $38,883, on $47,900 for work ranking 323 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 323 of 493 in the state.
- This $41,284 adjusted figure, worked from $47,900, 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 323 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 323 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 $27,840 and the top tenth $64,020 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $41,284 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Michigan then takes its own share, leaving $38,883.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($27,840) and the ninetieth ($64,020) 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 $41,284 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 $38,883 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.