The Michigan Families are Feeling the Squeeze

Most families I’m talking to are feeling the squeeze right now.

In 2024, the median salary in Michigan was about $47,000 a year — roughly $22.57 an hour.

For a family like ours — six people, 2 cars, a small business — that adds up fast:

•   A dinner out: $45–$80

•   Groceries: about $300 a week

•   Gas and electric bills: climbing

•  Everyday choices: fix the decaying deck, or milk a few more years out of our 2014 car?

These are the kinds of tradeoffs real families are making — and we shouldn’t have to choose between health, safety, food, and stability.

I believe there’s still hope.

But that hope depends on putting policymakers in office who remember what it’s like to live like the average Michigan family — who focus our tax dollars on lifting people up, not padding corporate penthouses.

It’s time to build policy that brings real financial freedom back to Michigan’s working families.

Greg