Michigan local income tax
Tax year 2026
Places listed
24
every one, listed below
Lowest rate
1%
of income
Highest rate
2.4%
of income
Coverage: complete.
All 24 Michigan cities levying a city income tax are included, per the Michigan Department of Treasury's own list.
What this list tells you
- Michigan lists 24 places with checked local-tax rates. The table below is the complete set, including any zeroes.
- If your Michigan town is not on this list, it charges nothing. That is a real answer, not a shrug — the list is complete, so absence means zero rather than unknown. Most sites cannot tell you that.
- There is a range in Michigan, but a modest one: about 1% at the low end and about 2.4% at the high end.
- 24 Michigan jurisdictions have checked entries in this local-tax table, including any verified zeroes. The table is exhaustive rather than illustrative; publishing the less familiar places is the point.
- Coverage of Michigan is complete, which makes absence informative: an address not represented below owes no local income tax, rather than owing something this model has not reached. Almost no published calculator draws that distinction, because it requires knowing the boundary of your own dataset — and both cases otherwise render as an identical silent zero.
- Local rates in Michigan vary from about 1% to about 2.4% — real variation, but compressed. The practical consequence is that a reader who knows only their county rather than their municipality is still close to the right answer.
What lands in your account
A $75,000 salary
| Take-home, year | $58,656 |
|---|---|
| Tax, year | $16,344 |
| Share of pay taxed | 21.79% |
This is an average rate across all your pay — not the rate on your next dollar.
Where the money goes
A $75,000 salary
- Federal income tax$7,670
- Social Security and Medicare$5,738
- State income tax$2,937
- Yours$58,656
| Federal income tax10.23% | $7,670 |
|---|---|
| Social Security and Medicare7.65% | $5,738 |
| State income tax3.92% | $2,937 |
| Yours78.21% | $58,656 |
Every Michigan jurisdiction
| Jurisdiction | Rate |
|---|---|
| Albion | 1% |
| Battle Creek | 1% |
| Benton Harbor | 1% |
| Big Rapids | 1% |
| Detroit | 2.4% |
| East Lansing | 1% |
| Flint | 1% |
| Grand Rapids | 1.5% |
| Grayling | 1% |
| Hamtramck | 1% |
| Highland Park | 2% |
| Hudson | 1% |
| Ionia | 1% |
| Jackson | 1% |
| Lansing | 1% |
| Lapeer | 1% |
| Muskegon | 1% |
| Muskegon Heights | 1% |
| Pontiac | 1% |
| Port Huron | 1% |
| Portland | 1% |
| Saginaw | 1% |
| Springfield | 1% |
| Walker | 1% |
Questions people ask
If my town is not on this list, does it charge nothing?
Here, that is what it means. This page has 24 checked Michigan jurisdiction records, including places with a zero rate. Every place that levies this tax is covered, so a missing town charges nothing rather than being unchecked.
Does this affect most people in the state?
Only some. 24 jurisdictions in Michigan levy a local income tax, so most residents never encounter one — but for those inside a levying boundary it is a real second deduction, and it does not appear on a state-level comparison at all.
Where does this list come from?
A single official list covers Michigan, so every rate here shares one source and one date.
What does absence from this table indicate?
Coverage for Michigan is complete: all 24 checked jurisdiction records are included, including any zero-rate entries. Absence from the table therefore indicates no levy rather than missing data. ⚠️ Completeness is asserted against the state's own published list and is re-verified on each data refresh.
How concentrated is local income taxation here?
24 jurisdictions levy locally in Michigan, so exposure is concentrated rather than statewide. ⚠️ State-level effective-rate comparisons exclude local income tax entirely and therefore understate liability for residents of levying jurisdictions.
What is the provenance of this table?
Rates derive from a single published authority with one as-of date covering the whole table. This is preferable to compilation from multiple sources, where differing publication dates cannot be reconciled without asserting currency the sources do not support.