Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,784
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,786
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,110
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
$48,570
Kept after tax
$38,784
Worth in national money
$43,110
State rank
25
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kansas pays this job around $48,570 at the midpoint, 25 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 289.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,570 the take-home is $38,784; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,110 would nationally. The average comes to $51,490, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders the Kansas median is $48,570, ranking 25 of 47 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 289 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders in Kansas, on $48,570, is $38,784 — equivalent to $43,110 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 $51,490 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,450 |
| This salary | $48,570 |
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 | $38,784 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,206 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$707 |
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 | $45,556 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$855 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,570 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,330 and the ninetieth is $68,450 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $38,784, from $48,570, 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 289 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,110, the adjusted value of that $48,570 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 289 of 488 locally.
- The Kansas median of $48,570 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,330 to $68,450. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,784 from $48,570. 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 289 of 488 locally.
- This $43,110 adjusted figure, worked from $48,570, 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 289 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 289 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 $51,490, 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 $33,330, the highest tenth $68,450, 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 $43,110 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Kansas adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,784 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $51,490. 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 ($33,330) and the ninetieth ($68,450) 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 $43,110 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 $38,784 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.