Medical Equipment Preparers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,324
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$8,956
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,376
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
$45,280
Kept after tax
$36,324
Worth in national money
$40,376
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays medical equipment preparers a middle wage of $45,280, 35 of 51 states and about 5.07% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 344 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $45,280 you keep $36,324 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,376 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $45,920, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas's $45,280 median for medical equipment preparers places it 35 of 51 states, about 5.07% 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.
- Medical equipment preparers ranks 344 of 488 occupations in Kansas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $36,324 after the full tax stack, from $45,280. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,376 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,920 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,750 |
| This salary | $45,280 |
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 | $36,324 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,562 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$693 |
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 | $42,495 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$838 |
| 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 medical equipment preparers in Kansas earn under $45,280 and half over. The published range runs $34,320 at the tenth percentile to $59,750 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 $36,324, worked from $45,280. 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 344 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,376 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 344.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical equipment preparers in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,320 to $59,750; 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 $36,324, on $45,280 for work ranking 344 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 344 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,376, worked from $45,280, 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 344 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,320 and the top tenth $59,750, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,376 in national terms.
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 $36,324 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,320 to $59,750) 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 $40,376 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 $36,324 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.