Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,358
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$8,852
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,726
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
$47,210
Kept after tax
$38,358
Worth in national money
$40,726
State rank
30
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays this job around $47,210 at the midpoint, 30 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 332 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,210 the take-home is $38,358; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,726 would nationally. The average comes to $48,120, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For office and administrative support workers, all other the Michigan median is $47,210, ranking 30 of 49 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.
- Position 332 of 493 in Michigan places office and administrative support workers, all other 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 office and administrative support workers, all other in Michigan, on $47,210, is $38,358 — equivalent to $40,726 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 $48,120 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,370 |
| This salary | $47,210 |
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 | $38,358 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,113 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$553 |
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 | $45,025 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$669 |
| 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 office and administrative support workers, all other in Michigan earn under $47,210 and half over. The published range runs $28,900 at the tenth percentile to $68,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $38,358, from $47,210, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 332 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,726 uses one figure for the whole of Michigan. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 332.
- Figures are distribution medians for office and administrative support workers, all other in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,900 to $68,370; 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.
- Take-home for Michigan is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,358 from $47,210. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 332 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,726, worked from $47,210, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Michigan address, on work sitting at 332 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 $28,900 and the top tenth $68,370 — 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 $40,726 in national terms.
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 $38,358 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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($28,900) and the ninetieth ($68,370) 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 $40,726 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 $38,358 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.