Helpers--Electricians in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,108
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$8,882
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,135
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
$44,990
Kept after tax
$36,108
Worth in national money
$40,135
State rank
16
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 16 of 47 states for helpers--electricians, with a middle wage of $44,990. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 351 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 $44,990 you keep $36,108 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,135 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $43,560.
- Kansas ranks 16 of 47 for helpers--electricians at $44,990. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Helpers--electricians ranks 351 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 $36,108 after the full tax stack, from $44,990. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,135 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $43,560 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Helpers--Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,630 |
| This salary | $44,990 |
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 | $36,108 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,329 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$691 |
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 | $42,225 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$836 |
| 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 $44,990. The published range is $32,000 up to $56,630, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $36,108 take-home in Kansas comes from $44,990. 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 351 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,135 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 351.
- Reported values are medians; for helpers--electricians in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,000 to $56,630. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $36,108, from $44,990, 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 351 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,135, worked from $44,990, 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 351 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 $43,560 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,000 at the bottom tenth to $56,630 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Kansas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $40,135 in national terms.
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 $36,108 of this wage survives to your account.
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 47 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 $43,560. 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 ($32,000 to $56,630) 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 $40,135 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 $36,108 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.