Property Appraisers and Assessors in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,340
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$12,930
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,511
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
$64,270
Kept after tax
$51,340
Worth in national money
$54,511
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays this job around $64,270 at the midpoint, 24 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 196 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $64,270 the take-home is $51,340; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,511 would nationally. The average comes to $68,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For property appraisers and assessors the Michigan median is $64,270, ranking 24 of 50 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 196 of 493 in Michigan places property appraisers and assessors 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 property appraisers and assessors in Michigan, on $64,270, is $51,340 — equivalent to $54,511 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 $68,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Property Appraisers and Assessors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,150 |
| This salary | $64,270 |
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 | $51,340 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,821 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$875 |
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 | $61,183 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,058 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Michigan earn less than $64,270. The published range is $38,920 up to $98,150, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $51,340 take-home in Michigan comes from $64,270. 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 196 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,511 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 196.
- Reported values are medians; for property appraisers and assessors in Michigan the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,920 to $98,150. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $51,340, from $64,270, 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 196 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,511, worked from $64,270, 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 196 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 $68,760 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 $38,920 and the top tenth $98,150 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $54,511.
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 $51,340.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $68,760. 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 ($38,920) and the ninetieth ($98,150) 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 $54,511 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 $51,340 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.