Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,675
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$12,786
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,992
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
$60,460
Kept after tax
$47,675
Worth in national money
$52,992
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $60,460, ranking 29 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 205.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,460 the take-home is $47,675; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,992 would nationally. The average comes to $61,470, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers: a median of $60,460, ranking 29 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers sits at 205 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.
- Post-tax income for heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers in Kansas, on $60,460, is $47,675 — equivalent to $52,992 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 $61,470 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,500 |
| This salary | $60,460 |
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 | $47,675 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,760 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$757 |
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 | $56,620 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$916 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,460 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $43,660 and the ninetieth is $83,500 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,675 take-home in Kansas comes from $60,460. 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 205 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,992, the adjusted value of that $60,460 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 205 of 488 in the state.
- The Kansas median of $60,460 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $43,660 to $83,500. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $47,675, from $60,460, 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 205 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $52,992 — the adjusted value of that $60,460 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 205 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $43,660 at the tenth percentile, $83,500 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 $52,992.
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, $47,675 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,660 to $83,500) 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 $52,992 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 $47,675 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.