Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,720
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$24,070
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,272
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
$97,790
Kept after tax
$73,720
Worth in national money
$78,272
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $97,790, which ranks 15 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 1.17% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Michigan. It ranks 74 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Michigan does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $97,790 you keep $73,720, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $78,272 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $99,680, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Michigan ranks 15 of 50 states publishing a median for postmasters and mail superintendents, at $97,790 — about 1.17% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Michigan, postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 74 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Michigan income tax, retained pay for postmasters and mail superintendents on $97,790 is $73,720. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $78,272 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 $99,680 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $89,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,740 |
| This salary | $97,790 |
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 | $73,720 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,625 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,610 |
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 | $92,239 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,223 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $97,790 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $89,630 and the ninetieth is $111,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Michigan's $73,720, worked from $97,790. 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 74 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $78,272, the adjusted value of that $97,790 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 74 of 493 in the state.
- The Michigan median of $97,790 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $89,630 to $111,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Michigan take-home of $73,720, on $97,790 for work ranking 74 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 74 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $78,272 — the adjusted value of that $97,790 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 74 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $89,630 at the tenth percentile, $111,740 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $78,272.
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 $73,720 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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($89,630 to $111,740) 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 $78,272 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 $73,720 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.