Pharmacy Aides in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,926
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$6,204
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,774
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
$36,130
Kept after tax
$29,926
Worth in national money
$31,774
State rank
34
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Michigan pays pharmacy aides a middle wage of $36,130, 34 of 48 states and about 4.11% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Michigan this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, pharmacy aides ranks 451. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Michigan does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $36,130 you keep $29,926, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $31,774 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $36,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Michigan's $36,130 median for pharmacy aides places it 34 of 48 states, about 4.11% 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.
- Against every occupation Michigan reports, pharmacy aides ranks 451 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Michigan income tax, retained pay for pharmacy aides on $36,130 is $29,926. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $31,774 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 $36,230 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $40,490 |
| This salary | $36,130 |
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 | $29,926 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,210 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$344 |
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 | $34,531 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$416 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,130 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,480 and the ninetieth is $40,490 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $29,926, from $36,130, 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 451 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 $31,774 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 451.
- The Michigan median of $36,130 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,480 to $40,490. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Michigan is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,926 from $36,130. 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 451 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,774, worked from $36,130, 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 451 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,480 and the top tenth $40,490, 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 $31,774 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $29,926 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,480 to $40,490) 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 $31,774 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 $29,926 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.