Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,764
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$10,116
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,199
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
$49,880
Kept after tax
$39,764
Worth in national money
$44,199
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,880, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 34.16% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 277 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,880 the take-home is $39,764; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $44,199 would nationally. The average lands at $44,870, below the middle of the range.
- Kansas ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for motor vehicle operators, all other, at $49,880 — about 34.16% 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.
- Position 277 of 488 in Kansas places motor vehicle operators, all other 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.
- Post-tax income for motor vehicle operators, all other in Kansas, on $49,880, is $39,764 — equivalent to $44,199 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 $44,870 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,790 |
| This salary | $49,880 |
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 | $39,764 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,259 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$712 |
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 | $46,775 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$861 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,880 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $21,330 and the ninetieth is $64,790 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,764 take-home in Kansas comes from $49,880. 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 277 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,199, the adjusted value of that $49,880 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 277 of 488 in the state.
- The Kansas median of $49,880 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $21,330 to $64,790. 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 $39,764, from $49,880, 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 277 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $44,199 — the adjusted value of that $49,880 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 277 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 $44,870, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $21,330 and the top tenth $64,790 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $44,199 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $39,764.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $44,870. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($21,330) and the ninetieth ($64,790) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $44,199 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 $39,764 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.