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Pay stub requirements in Michigan

Michigan’s wage statement rule is short, and it has a gap worth knowing about: MCL 408.479(2) requires hours worked, gross wages, the pay period and an itemization of deductions — but never mentions net pay. The record an employer keeps behind the statement is far more detailed than the statement itself, and has to survive three years. The minimum wage moved again on January 1, 2026, to $13.73, with a tipped rate pinned at 40 percent of it.

Pay stub required
Yes, though net pay is not on the list
Electronic delivery
Format is not specified
Minimum wage (2026)
$13.73/hour (Jan 1, 2026)
Pay frequency
Twice a month, with weekly and monthly alternatives

What Michigan law requires

  • What the statement must show

    At the time wages are paid, the employer furnishes a statement of the hours worked, the gross wages paid, identification of the pay period the payment covers, and a separate itemization of deductions. Hand harvesters paid on a piece work basis also get the total number of units harvested.

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  • Hours may be omitted for some employees

    Payroll records and wage statements need not show total hours worked for employees in a bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity, for holders of public elective office, or for political appointees.

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  • The record behind the statement, kept three years

    For each employee the employer maintains name, address, birth date, occupation or classification, total basic rate of pay, total hours worked in each pay period, total wages paid each pay period, a separate itemization of deductions and a listing of fringe benefits. The records are kept at least three years and are open to inspection by the director of labor at any reasonable time.

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  • Twice a month by default

    Wages earned in the first fifteen days of a month are due on or before the first day of the following month; wages earned from the sixteenth through the end of the month are due on or before the fifteenth.

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  • Weekly, biweekly and monthly schedules that comply

    A regularly scheduled weekly or biweekly payday complies if it falls on or before the fourteenth day after the end of the work period. A monthly pay period complies if all wages earned in it are paid within 15 days of its end. Hand harvesters are paid within two days of the end of the work week unless a written contract says otherwise.

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  • Minimum wage $13.73, with four separate rates

    From January 1, 2026 the rate is $13.73 an hour. Employees aged 16 and 17 get 85 percent of it, or $11.67. The tipped rate is $5.49, which is 40 percent of the full minimum, provided the employee receives at least $8.24 an hour in tips. A training wage of $4.25 applies to newly hired employees under 20 for their first 90 calendar days.

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What this generator calculates for Michigan

State withholding for Michigan is calculated from the 2026 figures the state publishes, and our test suite holds those figures against the state's own published calculation rather than against arithmetic of ours.

See the Michigan withholding tables and work out take-home pay

Frequently asked questions

Sources

Wage and hour law changes. Check the linked source before relying on any figure here, and treat this page as a starting point rather than legal advice.

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