Glaziers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,678
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,412
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,880
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
$47,090
Kept after tax
$37,678
Worth in national money
$41,880
State rank
42
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for glaziers is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $47,090. That is 42 of 50 states, and about 17.5% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Glaziers ranks 318 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,090 the take-home is $37,678; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,880 would nationally. The average comes to $52,400, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For glaziers, Kansas sits in the lower band at $47,090, ranking 42 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 17.5%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 318 of 488 in Kansas places glaziers 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.
- Post-tax income for glaziers in Kansas, on $47,090, is $37,678 — equivalent to $41,880 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $52,400 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Glaziers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,480 |
| This salary | $47,090 |
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 | $37,678 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,017 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$700 |
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 | $44,179 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$847 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Kansas earn less than $47,090. The published range is $36,830 up to $74,480, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $37,678, worked from $47,090. 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 318 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,880, the adjusted value of that $47,090 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 318 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for glaziers in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,830 to $74,480. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Kansas take-home of $37,678, on $47,090 for work ranking 318 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 318 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $41,880 — the adjusted value of that $47,090 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 318 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 $52,400, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,830 and the top tenth $74,480 — 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 $41,880 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $37,678 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $52,400. 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 ($36,830) and the ninetieth ($74,480) 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 $41,880 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 $37,678 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.