Radiation Therapists in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,464
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$23,426
24.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,939
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
$95,890
Kept after tax
$72,464
Worth in national money
$76,939
State rank
36
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan is among the lower-paying states for radiation therapists. The middle earner takes $95,890, ranking 36 of 46 states — about 8.95% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Michigan. It ranks 79 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $95,890 the take-home is $72,464; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $76,939 would nationally. The average lands at $95,400, below the middle of the range.
- Michigan ranks 36 of 46 for radiation therapists, with a median of $95,890 — about 8.95% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within Michigan, radiation therapists ranks 79 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.
- Post-tax income for radiation therapists in Michigan, on $95,890, is $72,464 — equivalent to $76,939 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 $95,400 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $110,030 |
| This salary | $95,890 |
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 | $72,464 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,289 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,568 |
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 | $90,454 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,165 |
| 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 $95,890. The published range is $79,610 up to $110,030, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $72,464 take-home in Michigan comes from $95,890. 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 79 of 493.
- Two cautions on $76,939, the adjusted value of that $95,890 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 79 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for radiation therapists in Michigan the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $79,610 to $110,030. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $72,464, from $95,890, 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 79 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 46 for it.
- This $76,939 adjusted figure, worked from $95,890, 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 79 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 79 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $79,610 at the tenth percentile, $110,030 at the ninetieth.
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 $76,939 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $72,464.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 ($79,610 to $110,030) 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 $76,939 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 $72,464 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.