Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,078
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$12,922
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,441
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
$61,000
Kept after tax
$48,078
Worth in national money
$53,441
State rank
38
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $61,000, ranking 38 of 45 states — about 7.74% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 196 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $61,000 you keep $48,078, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,441 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $61,540, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas ranks 38 of 45 for industrial engineering technologists and technicians, with a median of $61,000 — about 7.74% 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 196 of 488 in Kansas places industrial engineering technologists and technicians 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for industrial engineering technologists and technicians on $61,000 is $48,078. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,441 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $61,540 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,250 |
| This salary | $61,000 |
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 | $48,078 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,194 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$759 |
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 | $57,123 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$918 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of industrial engineering technologists and technicians in Kansas earn under $61,000 and half over. The published range runs $39,300 at the tenth percentile to $82,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $48,078, from $61,000, 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 196 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,441, the adjusted value of that $61,000 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 196 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for industrial engineering technologists and technicians in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,300 to $82,250; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,078 from $61,000. 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 196 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $53,441 — the adjusted value of that $61,000 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 196 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,300 at the tenth percentile, $82,250 at the ninetieth.
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 $53,441 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $48,078 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 ($39,300 to $82,250) 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 $53,441 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 $48,078 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.