Engineers, All Other in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,409
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$17,691
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,924
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
$76,100
Kept after tax
$58,409
Worth in national money
$64,924
State rank
51
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for engineers, all other is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $76,100. That is 51 of 51 states, and about 38.09% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Kansas reports, engineers, all other comes in at 120 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $76,100 you keep $58,409, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $64,924 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $83,750, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For engineers, all other, Kansas sits in the lower band at $76,100, ranking 51 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 38.09%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Engineers, all other ranks 120 of 488 occupations by median in Kansas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for engineers, all other on $76,100 is $58,409. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $64,924 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 $83,750 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Engineers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $139,360 |
| This salary | $76,100 |
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 | $58,409 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,366 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$744 |
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 | $70,474 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,028 |
| 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 engineers, all other in Kansas earn under $76,100 and half over. The published range runs $50,150 at the tenth percentile to $139,360 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $58,409 take-home in Kansas comes from $76,100. 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 120 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,924 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 120.
- Figures are distribution medians for engineers, all other in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,150 to $139,360; 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.
- Retained pay of $58,409, from $76,100, 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 120 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 51 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,924, worked from $76,100, 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 120 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 $83,750 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $50,150 at the bottom tenth to $139,360 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $64,924.
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 $58,409 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $83,750. 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 ($50,150) and the ninetieth ($139,360) 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 $64,924 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 $58,409 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.