Highway Maintenance Workers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,900
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,150
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,016
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
$46,050
Kept after tax
$36,900
Worth in national money
$41,016
State rank
38
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for highway maintenance workers. The middle earner takes $46,050, ranking 38 of 49 states — about 8.38% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Highway maintenance workers ranks 329 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,050 the take-home is $36,900; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,016 would nationally. The average lands at $45,970, below the middle of the range.
- Kansas ranks 38 of 49 for highway maintenance workers, with a median of $46,050 — about 8.38% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 329 of 488 in Kansas places highway maintenance workers 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 highway maintenance workers in Kansas, on $46,050, is $36,900 — equivalent to $41,016 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 $45,970 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Highway Maintenance Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,160 |
| This salary | $46,050 |
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 | $36,900 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,181 |
| 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 | $43,211 |
|---|---|
| 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
- Treat $46,050 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,730 and the ninetieth is $58,160 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $36,900, from $46,050, 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 329 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 $41,016 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 329.
- The Kansas median of $46,050 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,730 to $58,160. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,900 from $46,050. 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 329 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,016, worked from $46,050, 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 329 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,730 at the tenth percentile, $58,160 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,016 in national terms.
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, $36,900 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,730 to $58,160) 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 $41,016 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 $36,900 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.