Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,584
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$8,706
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,553
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
$44,290
Kept after tax
$35,584
Worth in national money
$39,553
State rank
32
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays this job a middle wage of $44,290, 32 of 45 states and about 3.21% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 358.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,290 you keep $35,584, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,553 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $44,370, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas's $44,290 median for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders places it 32 of 45 states, about 3.21% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 358 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders on $44,290 is $35,584. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,553 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 $44,370 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,140 |
| This salary | $44,290 |
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 | $35,584 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,767 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$688 |
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 | $41,573 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$833 |
| 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 extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Kansas earn under $44,290 and half over. The published range runs $34,870 at the tenth percentile to $51,140 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $35,584, from $44,290, 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 358 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,553, the adjusted value of that $44,290 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 358 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,870 to $51,140; 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 $35,584 from $44,290. 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 358 of 488 locally.
- This $39,553 adjusted figure, worked from $44,290, 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 358 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 358 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,870 at the bottom tenth to $51,140 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $39,553.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Kansas's own levy, $35,584 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,870 to $51,140) 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 $39,553 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 $35,584 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.