Producers and Directors in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,444
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$13,276
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,682
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
$65,720
Kept after tax
$52,444
Worth in national money
$55,682
State rank
29
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan sits in the middle of the pack for producers and directors. The median is $65,720, ranking 29 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Producers and directors ranks 185 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $65,720 the take-home is $52,444; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,682 would nationally. The average comes to $79,620, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Michigan occupies the middle band for producers and directors: a median of $65,720, ranking 29 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 185 of 493 in Michigan places producers and directors 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 producers and directors in Michigan, on $65,720, is $52,444 — equivalent to $55,682 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 $79,620 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Producers and Directors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,220 |
| This salary | $65,720 |
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 | $52,444 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,986 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$902 |
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 | $62,556 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,091 |
| 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 producers and directors in Michigan earn under $65,720 and half over. The published range runs $38,500 at the tenth percentile to $122,220 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $52,444 take-home in Michigan comes from $65,720. 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 185 of 493.
- Two cautions on $55,682, the adjusted value of that $65,720 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 185 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for producers and directors in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,500 to $122,220; 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.
- Retained pay of $52,444, from $65,720, 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 185 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 50 for it.
- This $55,682 adjusted figure, worked from $65,720, 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 185 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 185 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $79,620 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,500 and the top tenth $122,220 — 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 $55,682 in national terms.
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 $52,444.
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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Michigan is $79,620. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,500) and the ninetieth ($122,220) 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 $55,682 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 $52,444 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.