First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,359
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$17,121
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,757
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
$74,480
Kept after tax
$57,359
Worth in national money
$63,757
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kansas pays this job around $74,480 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 127 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $74,480 you keep $57,359, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $63,757 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $76,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of production and operating workers the Kansas median is $74,480, ranking 26 of 51 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.
- Position 127 of 488 in Kansas places first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers on $74,480 is $57,359. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $63,757 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 $76,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,450 |
| This salary | $74,480 |
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 | $57,359 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,227 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$751 |
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 | $68,983 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,037 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in Kansas earn under $74,480 and half over. The published range runs $49,290 at the tenth percentile to $104,450 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $57,359, worked from $74,480. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 127 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,757 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 127.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of production and operating workers in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,290 to $104,450; 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.
- The Kansas take-home of $57,359, on $74,480 for work ranking 127 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 127 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,757, worked from $74,480, 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 127 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $49,290 and the top tenth $104,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $63,757 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Kansas then takes its own share, leaving $57,359.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,290) and the ninetieth ($104,450) 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 $63,757 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 $57,359 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.