Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,715
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$8,965
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,106
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
$47,680
Kept after tax
$38,715
Worth in national money
$41,106
State rank
7
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Michigan pays this job a middle wage of $47,680, ranking 7 of 47 states and sitting about 9.91% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Michigan, this sits in the middle: 326 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 $47,680 the take-home is $38,715; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,106 would nationally. The average lands at $46,480, below the middle of the range.
- Michigan's median for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing is $47,680, about 9.91% above the national figure and 7 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ranks 326 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 woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Michigan, on $47,680, is $38,715 — equivalent to $41,106 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 $46,480 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,500 |
| This salary | $47,680 |
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 | $38,715 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,491 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$562 |
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 | $45,470 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$680 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,680 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,130 and the ninetieth is $54,500 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,715 take-home in Michigan comes from $47,680. 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 326 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,106, the adjusted value of that $47,680 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 326 of 493 in the state.
- The Michigan median of $47,680 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,130 to $54,500. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $38,715, from $47,680, 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 326 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $41,106 — the adjusted value of that $47,680 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 326 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,130 at the bottom tenth to $54,500 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $41,106.
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, $38,715 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,130 to $54,500) 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 $41,106 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 $38,715 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.