Food Processing Workers, All Other in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,908
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,152
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,024
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
$46,060
Kept after tax
$36,908
Worth in national money
$41,024
State rank
3
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for food processing workers, all other is strong here. Kansas's middle earner gets $46,060, putting the state 3 of 46 — about 16.08% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Food processing workers, all other ranks 328 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $46,060 you keep $36,908, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,024 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $43,570, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For food processing workers, all other, Kansas sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $46,060, ranking 3 of 46 and running about 16.08% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 328 of 488 in Kansas places food processing workers, all other 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 food processing workers, all other on $46,060 is $36,908. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,024 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 $43,570 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Food Processing Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,830 |
| This salary | $46,060 |
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 | $36,908 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,189 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$696 |
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 | $43,220 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$842 |
| 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 food processing workers, all other in Kansas earn under $46,060 and half over. The published range runs $37,480 at the tenth percentile to $48,830 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $36,908, from $46,060, 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 328 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,024 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 328.
- Figures are distribution medians for food processing workers, all other in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,480 to $48,830; 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 $36,908 from $46,060. 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 328 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,024, worked from $46,060, 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 328 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 $43,570, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,480 at the bottom tenth to $48,830 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 $41,024.
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, $36,908 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $43,570. 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 ($37,480 to $48,830) 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 $41,024 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 $36,908 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.