Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,951
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$10,179
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,407
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
$50,130
Kept after tax
$39,951
Worth in national money
$44,407
State rank
23
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 23 of 45 states for this job, with a middle wage of $50,130. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 274 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $50,130 the take-home is $39,951; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,407 would nationally. The average comes to $53,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas ranks 23 of 45 for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers at $50,130. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Audiovisual equipment installers and repairers ranks 274 of 488 occupations in Kansas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Kansas, on $50,130, is $39,951 — equivalent to $44,407 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $53,320 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,060 |
| This salary | $50,130 |
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 | $39,951 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,459 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$713 |
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 | $47,008 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$863 |
| 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 audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Kansas earn under $50,130 and half over. The published range runs $39,900 at the tenth percentile to $76,060 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $39,951, worked from $50,130. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 274 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,407 uses one figure for the whole of Kansas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 274.
- Figures are distribution medians for audiovisual equipment installers and repairers in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,900 to $76,060; 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.
- The Kansas take-home of $39,951, on $50,130 for work ranking 274 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 274 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,407, worked from $50,130, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Kansas address, on work sitting at 274 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $53,320, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $39,900, the highest tenth $76,060, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Kansas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $44,407 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $39,951.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $53,320. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,900) and the ninetieth ($76,060) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $44,407 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 $39,951 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.