Millwrights in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,734
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$18,956
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,508
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
$79,690
Kept after tax
$60,734
Worth in national money
$67,508
State rank
6
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is one of the better-paying states for millwrights. The middle earner takes $79,690, which ranks 6 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 21.29% above the national middle.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, millwrights ranks 100 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $79,690 you keep $60,734 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $67,508 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $73,180.
- Kansas ranks 6 of 48 states publishing a median for millwrights, at $79,690 — about 21.29% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, millwrights sits 100 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $60,734 after the full tax stack, from $79,690. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $67,508 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $73,180 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,340 |
| This salary | $79,690 |
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 | $60,734 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,892 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$730 |
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 | $73,779 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,008 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Kansas earn less than $79,690. The published range is $44,880 up to $97,340, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $60,734 take-home in Kansas comes from $79,690. 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 100 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,508, the adjusted value of that $79,690 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 100 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for millwrights in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,880 to $97,340. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $60,734, from $79,690, 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 100 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $67,508 — the adjusted value of that $79,690 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 100 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $73,180, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,880 and the top tenth $97,340, 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 $67,508 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Kansas then takes its own share, leaving $60,734.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $73,180. 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 ($44,880 to $97,340) 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 $67,508 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 $60,734 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.