Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,450
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$12,710
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,743
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
$60,160
Kept after tax
$47,450
Worth in national money
$52,743
State rank
26
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 26 of 46 states for maintenance workers, machinery, with a middle wage of $60,160. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 207.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,160 the take-home is $47,450; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,743 would nationally. The average comes to $60,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas ranks 26 of 46 for maintenance workers, machinery at $60,160. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, maintenance workers, machinery sits at 207 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 maintenance workers, machinery in Kansas, on $60,160, is $47,450 — equivalent to $52,743 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 $60,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Maintenance Workers, Machinery
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,500 |
| This salary | $60,160 |
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 | $47,450 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,519 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$756 |
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 | $56,341 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$914 |
| 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 maintenance workers, machinery in Kansas earn under $60,160 and half over. The published range runs $45,040 at the tenth percentile to $78,500 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $47,450, worked from $60,160. 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 207 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,743 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 207.
- Figures are distribution medians for maintenance workers, machinery in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,040 to $78,500; 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.
- The Kansas take-home of $47,450, on $60,160 for work ranking 207 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 207 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,743, worked from $60,160, 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 207 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,040 and the top tenth $78,500, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $52,743 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $47,450 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 ($45,040 to $78,500) 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 $52,743 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 $47,450 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.