Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,311
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$27,429
26.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,823
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
$103,740
Kept after tax
$76,311
Worth in national money
$84,823
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $103,740, ranking 40 of 50 states — about 20.33% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 42 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $103,740 you keep $76,311, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $84,823 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $111,250, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas ranks 40 of 50 for electronics engineers, except computer, with a median of $103,740 — about 20.33% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, electronics engineers, except computer sits 42 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 electronics engineers, except computer on $103,740 is $76,311. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $84,823 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 $111,250 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $163,370 |
| This salary | $103,740 |
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 | $76,311 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,811 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$634 |
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 | $95,922 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$875 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $103,740 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,470 and the ninetieth is $163,370 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $76,311 take-home in Kansas comes from $103,740. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 42 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $84,823 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 42.
- The Kansas median of $103,740 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,470 to $163,370. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $76,311, from $103,740, assumes a single Kansas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 42 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $84,823, worked from $103,740, 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 42 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $111,250, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $79,470 and the top tenth $163,370 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $84,823.
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 $76,311 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $111,250. 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 ($79,470) and the ninetieth ($163,370) 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 $84,823 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 $76,311 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.