Resident
If you live there, your city may tax all wages.
Resident city tax usually follows where you live, even if your job is somewhere else.
Michigan tax checker
Does your Michigan city have an income tax?
Michigan has a state income tax, but 24 cities also have their own city income tax. If you live in one of those cities, work in one, or split time with remote work, a small local tax can show up on your paycheck or tax return.
Michigan city income tax checker
Check whether living or working in a city adds local income tax.
Resident city tax
$0
No resident city selected.
Work-city tax
$900
Detroit nonresident rate: 1.2%. Nonresident means you live outside the city but earn wages inside it.
Estimated balance
$900
Estimated amount still owed after withholding.
City limits matter
A mailing address is not always the same as being inside city limits. If you are close to a border, check the city's address lookup or ask the city tax office.
Possible credit
If you live in one taxing city and work in another, your resident city may reduce your bill for tax you already paid to the work city. A credit is a reduction on one tax bill for tax already paid somewhere else. This estimate includes a rough credit of $0.
This is a planning estimate, not a tax return. Most Michigan city income tax returns are due after the federal and state deadline. Check the city form for exemptions, credits, part-year rules, and the exact due date.
Next check
Confirm the city before you file.
Use this result to decide which city forms deserve attention. Then confirm the official city list and whether your home or workplace is actually inside city limits.
Nonresident
If you work there, only in-city work is counted.
A nonresident usually pays the work city's lower rate only on wages earned inside that city.
Remote work
Hybrid work makes the question harder.
If you work from home outside the city part of the year, the work-city tax may apply only to the in-city work days. Keep records.
Plain English
The rule is about city limits, not the mailing name.
City income tax is easy to miss because many Michigan addresses use a city name even when the home is outside the actual city limits. For this tool, “Detroit,” “Grand Rapids,” “Lansing,” or any other taxing city means inside that city's legal boundary.
If you live in a taxing city, you usually file as a resident. If you live outside the city but work inside it, you usually file as a nonresident. If you live in one taxing city and work in another, both cities can matter. A credit is a reduction on one tax bill for tax you already paid somewhere else. It can keep the same dollar from being fully taxed twice.
This page is a checker, not a tax return. City forms can include exemptions, part-year schedules, credits, withholding lines, and special instructions. Use this to know which city forms deserve your attention.
Rate snapshot
Michigan's 24 city-income-tax cities
Standard-rate cities
These use 1% for residents and 0.5% for nonresidents:
Albion, Battle Creek, Benton Harbor, Big Rapids, East Lansing, Flint, Grayling, Hamtramck, Hudson, Ionia, Jackson, Lansing, Lapeer, Muskegon, Muskegon Heights, Pontiac, Port Huron, Portland, Springfield, Walker.
Higher-rate cities
- Detroit: 2.4% resident, 1.2% nonresident
- Grand Rapids: 1.5% resident, 0.75% nonresident
- Highland Park: 2% resident, 1% nonresident
- Saginaw: 1.5% resident, 0.75% nonresident
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Money and taxes
This city has a local income tax
Some Michigan cities charge the standard local income tax: 1% for residents and 0.5% for nonresidents who work in the city.
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In Kent County, Grand Rapids and Walker charge a local income tax, while most nearby suburbs do not.
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Macomb County has no city income tax in any of its cities or townships, so property tax is the main local tax to watch.
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Where the rates come from
City income tax is a city-by-city rule, so the checker uses Treasury's city list and rate guidance.
- Data used
- Michigan Treasury city-income-tax list and 2025 taxpayer manual
- Last reviewed
- June 8, 2026
- Michigan Treasury list of cities that impose income tax for current list of city income tax authorities.
- Michigan Treasury Taxpayer Assistance Manual for standard and alternate city tax rates.
- Michigan City Income Tax Act for state law behind city income tax.
- Michigan Treasury Detroit telecommuting guidance for remote-work example.
Use this carefully: City income tax depends on legal city boundaries, part-year rules, credits, exemptions, and the city form. Use the checker as a planning aid, not a filed return.