Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,149
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,571
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,404
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
$47,720
Kept after tax
$38,149
Worth in national money
$42,404
State rank
39
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $47,720. That is 39 of 49 states, and about 17.08% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 304 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,720 you keep $38,149 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,404 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $45,100.
- For motorboat mechanics and service technicians, Kansas sits in the lower band at $47,720, ranking 39 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 17.08%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 304 of 488 in Kansas places motorboat mechanics and service technicians 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.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $38,149 after the full tax stack, from $47,720. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,404 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,100 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,770 |
| This salary | $47,720 |
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 | $38,149 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,523 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$703 |
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 | $44,765 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$850 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,720 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $26,080 and the ninetieth is $57,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $38,149, from $47,720, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 304 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,404, the adjusted value of that $47,720 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 304 of 488 in the state.
- The Kansas median of $47,720 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $26,080 to $57,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,149 from $47,720. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 304 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $42,404 — the adjusted value of that $47,720 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 304 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 $45,100, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $26,080 at the tenth percentile, $57,770 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,404 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, $38,149 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $45,100. 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 ($26,080 to $57,770) 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 $42,404 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 $38,149 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.