Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,085
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$9,395
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,560
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
$49,480
Kept after tax
$40,085
Worth in national money
$42,560
State rank
29
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $49,480, ranking 29 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Michigan, this sits in the middle: 308 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,480 the take-home is $40,085; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,560 would nationally. The average comes to $50,810, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Michigan occupies the middle band for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders: a median of $49,480, ranking 29 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 308 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.
- Post-tax income for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in Michigan, on $49,480, is $40,085 — equivalent to $42,560 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 $50,810 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,740 |
| This salary | $49,480 |
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 | $40,085 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,937 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$596 |
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 | $47,175 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$721 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,480 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,020 and the ninetieth is $64,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $40,085, from $49,480, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 308 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,560 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 308.
- The Michigan median of $49,480 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,020 to $64,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Michigan is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,085 from $49,480. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 308 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,560, worked from $49,480, 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 308 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,020 at the tenth percentile, $64,740 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 $42,560 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 $40,085.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,020 to $64,740) 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 $42,560 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 $40,085 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.