Tutors in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,877
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$6,503
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,784
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
$37,380
Kept after tax
$30,877
Worth in national money
$32,784
State rank
32
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Michigan is 32 of 50 states for tutors, with a middle wage of $37,380. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Michigan this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, tutors ranks 435. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $37,380 you keep $30,877 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $32,784 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $42,870, since top earners drag the number up.
- Michigan ranks 32 of 50 for tutors at $37,380. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Michigan reports, tutors ranks 435 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Michigan is $30,877 after the full tax stack, from $37,380. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,784 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $42,870 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tutors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,850 |
| This salary | $37,380 |
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 | $30,877 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,215 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$368 |
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 | $35,715 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$445 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,380 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,820 and the ninetieth is $61,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $30,877, from $37,380, 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 435 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,784, the adjusted value of that $37,380 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 435 of 493 in the state.
- The Michigan median of $37,380 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,820 to $61,850. 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 $30,877 from $37,380. 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 435 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $32,784 — the adjusted value of that $37,380 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 435 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 $42,870 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $28,820, the highest tenth $61,850, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $32,784 in national terms.
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 $30,877 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $42,870. 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 ($28,820) and the ninetieth ($61,850) 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 $32,784 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 $30,877 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.