Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,070
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$10,220
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,540
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
$50,290
Kept after tax
$40,070
Worth in national money
$44,540
State rank
33
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $50,290, ranking 33 of 47 states — about 11.07% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 273 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $50,290 you keep $40,070 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,540 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $53,050, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 33 of 47 for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians, with a median of $50,290 — about 11.07% 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.
- Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians ranks 273 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.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $40,070 after the full tax stack, from $50,290. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,540 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $53,050 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,340 |
| This salary | $50,290 |
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 | $40,070 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,588 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$714 |
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 | $47,157 |
|---|---|
| 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 farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Kansas earn under $50,290 and half over. The published range runs $34,550 at the tenth percentile to $70,340 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $40,070 take-home in Kansas comes from $50,290. 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 273 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,540 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 273.
- Figures are distribution medians for farm equipment mechanics and service technicians in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,550 to $70,340; 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 $40,070, from $50,290, 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 273 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,540, worked from $50,290, 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 273 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 $53,050 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,550 at the tenth percentile, $70,340 at the ninetieth.
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 $44,540.
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 $40,070 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 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 $53,050. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,550 to $70,340) 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 $44,540 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 $40,070 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.