Roofers in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,733
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$11,797
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,681
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
$59,530
Kept after tax
$47,733
Worth in national money
$50,681
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for roofers is strong here. Michigan's middle earner gets $59,530, putting the state 16 of 51 — about 7.38% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Michigan, this sits in the middle: 241 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $59,530 you keep $47,733 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,681 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $61,450, since top earners drag the number up.
- For roofers, Michigan sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $59,530, ranking 16 of 51 and running about 7.38% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Roofers ranks 241 of 493 occupations in Michigan by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $47,733 after the full tax stack, from $59,530. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,681 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $61,450 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Roofers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,270 |
| This salary | $59,530 |
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 | $47,733 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,012 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$786 |
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 | $56,693 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$950 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,530 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,910 and the ninetieth is $80,270 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,733 take-home in Michigan comes from $59,530. 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 241 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,681, the adjusted value of that $59,530 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 241 of 493 in the state.
- The Michigan median of $59,530 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,910 to $80,270. 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 $47,733, from $59,530, 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 241 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $50,681 — the adjusted value of that $59,530 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 241 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $61,450, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $41,910 at the bottom tenth to $80,270 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $50,681.
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 $47,733 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 $61,450. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,910 to $80,270) 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 $50,681 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 $47,733 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.