Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,780
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$7,760
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,437
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
$40,540
Kept after tax
$32,780
Worth in national money
$36,437
State rank
29
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kansas pays this job around $40,540 at the midpoint, 29 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Measured against other jobs in Kansas, this one sits low: 388 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $40,540 the take-home is $32,780; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $36,437 would nationally. The average comes to $40,680, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters the Kansas median is $40,540, ranking 29 of 48 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.
- Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters occupies position 388 of 488 in Kansas's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in Kansas, on $40,540, is $32,780 — equivalent to $36,437 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 $40,680 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,420 |
| This salary | $40,540 |
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 | $32,780 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,754 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$673 |
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 | $38,084 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$813 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $40,540 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $23,500 and the ninetieth is $49,420 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $32,780, worked from $40,540. 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 388 of 488.
- Two cautions on $36,437, the adjusted value of that $40,540 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kansas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 388 of 488 locally.
- The Kansas median of $40,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $23,500 to $49,420. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Kansas take-home of $32,780, on $40,540 for work ranking 388 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 388 of 488 in the state.
- This $36,437 adjusted figure, worked from $40,540, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 388 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 388 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $23,500 at the bottom tenth to $49,420 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,437 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 $32,780.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($23,500 to $49,420) 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 $36,437 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 $32,780 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.