Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,088
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$7,512
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,193
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
$41,600
Kept after tax
$34,088
Worth in national money
$36,193
State rank
42
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $41,600, ranking 42 of 45 states — about 20% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Michigan, this one sits low: 397 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $41,600 you keep $34,088 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,193 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,360, since top earners drag the number up.
- Michigan ranks 42 of 45 for recreational vehicle service technicians, with a median of $41,600 — about 20% 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.
- Recreational vehicle service technicians occupies position 397 of 493 in Michigan's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $34,088 after the full tax stack, from $41,600. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,193 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,360 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,440 |
| This salary | $41,600 |
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 | $34,088 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,606 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$447 |
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 | $39,712 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$541 |
| 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 recreational vehicle service technicians in Michigan earn under $41,600 and half over. The published range runs $34,570 at the tenth percentile to $80,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $34,088 take-home in Michigan comes from $41,600. 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 397 of 493.
- Two cautions on $36,193, the adjusted value of that $41,600 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 397 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for recreational vehicle service technicians in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,570 to $80,440; 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 $34,088, from $41,600, 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 397 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 45 for it.
- This $36,193 adjusted figure, worked from $41,600, 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 397 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 397 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 $48,360 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $34,570, the highest tenth $80,440, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $36,193.
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 $34,088.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $48,360. 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 ($34,570) and the ninetieth ($80,440) 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 $36,193 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 $34,088 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.