Machinists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,766
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$10,454
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,313
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
$51,220
Kept after tax
$40,766
Worth in national money
$45,313
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays machinists a middle wage of $51,220, 46 of 51 states and about 12.82% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 267.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $51,220 the take-home is $40,766; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,313 would nationally. The average comes to $54,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas's $51,220 median for machinists places it 46 of 51 states, about 12.82% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, machinists sits at 267 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 machinists in Kansas, on $51,220, is $40,766 — equivalent to $45,313 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 $54,780 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Machinists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,920 |
| This salary | $51,220 |
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 | $40,766 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,335 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$718 |
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 | $48,022 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$868 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,220 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,240 and the ninetieth is $74,920 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $40,766 take-home in Kansas comes from $51,220. 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 267 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,313, the adjusted value of that $51,220 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 267 of 488 in the state.
- The Kansas median of $51,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,240 to $74,920. 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 $40,766, from $51,220, 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 267 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $45,313 — the adjusted value of that $51,220 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 267 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $54,780, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,240 at the bottom tenth to $74,920 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $45,313.
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, $40,766 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.
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 $54,780. 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 ($38,240 to $74,920) 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 $45,313 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 $40,766 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.