Statisticians in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,972
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$25,738
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,725
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
$102,710
Kept after tax
$76,972
Worth in national money
$81,725
State rank
21
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays statisticians around $102,710 at the midpoint, 21 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Michigan reports, statisticians comes in at 59 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Michigan does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $102,710 you keep $76,972, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $81,725 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $117,520, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For statisticians the Michigan median is $102,710, ranking 21 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Statisticians ranks 59 of 493 occupations by median in Michigan, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Michigan income tax, retained pay for statisticians on $102,710 is $76,972. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $81,725 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $117,520 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $213,610 |
| This salary | $102,710 |
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 | $76,972 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,086 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,719 |
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 | $96,861 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,374 |
| 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 $102,710. The published range is $56,650 up to $213,610, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $76,972, from $102,710, 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 59 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $81,725, the adjusted value of that $102,710 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 59 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for statisticians in Michigan the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $56,650 to $213,610. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Michigan is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $76,972 from $102,710. 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 59 of 493 locally.
- This $81,725 adjusted figure, worked from $102,710, 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 59 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 59 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 $117,520 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $56,650 at the bottom tenth to $213,610 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $81,725 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Michigan's own levy, $76,972 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $117,520. 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 ($56,650) and the ninetieth ($213,610) 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 $81,725 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 $76,972 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.