Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,362
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$12,308
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,410
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
$61,670
Kept after tax
$49,362
Worth in national money
$52,410
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $61,670, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 3.39% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Michigan reports figures for, this is number 222.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,670 the take-home is $49,362; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,410 would nationally. The average comes to $64,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Michigan ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for production, planning, and expediting clerks, at $61,670 — about 3.39% 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.
- In Michigan's occupational distribution, production, planning, and expediting clerks sits at 222 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for production, planning, and expediting clerks in Michigan, on $61,670, is $49,362 — equivalent to $52,410 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 $64,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,730 |
| This salary | $61,670 |
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 | $49,362 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,732 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$826 |
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 | $58,720 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$999 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,670 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,770 and the ninetieth is $89,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,362 take-home in Michigan comes from $61,670. 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 222 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,410, the adjusted value of that $61,670 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 222 of 493 in the state.
- The Michigan median of $61,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,770 to $89,730. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $49,362, from $61,670, 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 222 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $52,410 — the adjusted value of that $61,670 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 222 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $64,360, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $43,770, the highest tenth $89,730, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $52,410 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 $49,362 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $64,360. 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 ($43,770) and the ninetieth ($89,730) 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 $52,410 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 $49,362 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.