Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,109
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$19,161
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,926
Kansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Kansas — 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
$80,270
Kept after tax
$61,109
Worth in national money
$67,926
State rank
22
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $80,270, ranking 22 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 94 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $80,270 you keep $61,109, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $67,926 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $75,720, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for aircraft mechanics and service technicians: a median of $80,270, ranking 22 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, aircraft mechanics and service technicians sits 94 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for aircraft mechanics and service technicians on $80,270 is $61,109. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $67,926 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $75,720 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,070 |
| This salary | $80,270 |
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 Kansas | $61,109 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,300 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$727 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $74,313 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,005 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of aircraft mechanics and service technicians in Kansas earn under $80,270 and half over. The published range runs $50,630 at the tenth percentile to $98,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $61,109, from $80,270, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 94 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $67,926, the adjusted value of that $80,270 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kansas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 94 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for aircraft mechanics and service technicians in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,630 to $98,070; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,109 from $80,270. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 94 of 488 locally.
- This $67,926 adjusted figure, worked from $80,270, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 94 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 94 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $75,720 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,630 and the top tenth $98,070, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $67,926.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Kansas then takes its own share, leaving $61,109.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Kansas is $75,720. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,630 to $98,070) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Kansas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Kansas'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 $67,926 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 $61,109 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Kansas 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.