Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,267
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,273
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,423
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
$46,540
Kept after tax
$37,267
Worth in national money
$41,423
State rank
33
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays this job a middle wage of $46,540, 33 of 49 states and about 2.8% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 324.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,540 you keep $37,267 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,423 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $46,070.
- Kansas's $46,540 median for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics places it 33 of 49 states, about 2.8% 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.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics sits at 324 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $37,267 after the full tax stack, from $46,540. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,423 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,070 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,370 |
| This salary | $46,540 |
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 | $37,267 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,575 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$698 |
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 | $43,667 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$844 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,540 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,080 and the ninetieth is $58,370 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,267 take-home in Kansas comes from $46,540. 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 324 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,423 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 324.
- The Kansas median of $46,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,080 to $58,370. 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 $37,267, from $46,540, 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 324 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,423, worked from $46,540, 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 324 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,080 and the top tenth $58,370, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $41,423.
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 $37,267 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,080 to $58,370) 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 $41,423 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 $37,267 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.