Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,782
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$8,358
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,054
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
$45,140
Kept after tax
$36,782
Worth in national money
$39,054
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Michigan is 26 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $45,140. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 367 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,140 the take-home is $36,782; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,054 would nationally. The average comes to $46,300, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Michigan ranks 26 of 51 for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks at $45,140. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 367 of 493 in Michigan places shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks 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 shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Michigan, on $45,140, is $36,782 — equivalent to $39,054 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 $46,300 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,170 |
| This salary | $45,140 |
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 | $36,782 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,450 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$514 |
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 | $43,064 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$622 |
| 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 $45,140. The published range is $35,200 up to $61,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Michigan's $36,782, worked from $45,140. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 367 of 493.
- Two cautions on $39,054, the adjusted value of that $45,140 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 367 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Michigan the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,200 to $61,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Michigan take-home of $36,782, on $45,140 for work ranking 367 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 367 of 493 in the state.
- This $39,054 adjusted figure, worked from $45,140, 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 367 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 367 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,200 at the tenth percentile, $61,170 at the ninetieth.
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 $39,054.
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 $36,782 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,200 to $61,170) 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 $39,054 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 $36,782 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.