Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,666
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$7,384
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,198
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
$39,050
Kept after tax
$31,666
Worth in national money
$35,198
State rank
24
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 24 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $39,050. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Kansas this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 403. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $39,050 you keep $31,666 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $35,198 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $39,110, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 24 of 47 for office machine operators, except computer at $39,050. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Kansas reports, office machine operators, except computer ranks 403 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $31,666 after the full tax stack, from $39,050. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,198 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,110 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,110 |
| This salary | $39,050 |
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 | $31,666 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,557 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$666 |
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 | $36,697 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$806 |
| 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 office machine operators, except computer in Kansas earn under $39,050 and half over. The published range runs $27,790 at the tenth percentile to $51,110 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $31,666 take-home in Kansas comes from $39,050. 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 403 of 488.
- Two cautions on $35,198, the adjusted value of that $39,050 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kansas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 403 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for office machine operators, except computer in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,790 to $51,110; 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.
- Retained pay of $31,666, from $39,050, 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 403 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 47 for it.
- This $35,198 adjusted figure, worked from $39,050, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 403 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 403 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $27,790 at the bottom tenth to $51,110 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $35,198 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, $31,666 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 ($27,790 to $51,110) 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 $35,198 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 $31,666 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.