Tree Trimmers and Pruners in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,226
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$11,324
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,081
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
$57,550
Kept after tax
$46,226
Worth in national money
$49,081
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan is one of the better-paying states for tree trimmers and pruners. The middle earner takes $57,550, which ranks 16 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 12.93% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tree trimmers and pruners ranks 258 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,550 the take-home is $46,226; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $49,081 would nationally. The average lands at $55,630, below the middle of the range.
- Michigan ranks 16 of 49 states publishing a median for tree trimmers and pruners, at $57,550 — about 12.93% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 258 of 493 in Michigan places tree trimmers and pruners 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 tree trimmers and pruners in Michigan, on $57,550, is $46,226 — equivalent to $49,081 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 $55,630 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Tree Trimmers and Pruners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,880 |
| This salary | $57,550 |
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 | $46,226 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,421 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$748 |
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 | $54,818 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$905 |
| 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 tree trimmers and pruners in Michigan earn under $57,550 and half over. The published range runs $45,500 at the tenth percentile to $66,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,226 take-home in Michigan comes from $57,550. 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 258 of 493.
- Two cautions on $49,081, the adjusted value of that $57,550 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 258 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for tree trimmers and pruners in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,500 to $66,880; 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 $46,226, from $57,550, 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 258 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 49 for it.
- This $49,081 adjusted figure, worked from $57,550, 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 258 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 258 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 $55,630, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $45,500 at the tenth percentile, $66,880 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Michigan is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $49,081 in national terms.
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, $46,226 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $55,630. 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 ($45,500 to $66,880) 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 $49,081 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 $46,226 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.