Packers and Packagers, Hand in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,711
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$8,749
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,695
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
$44,460
Kept after tax
$35,711
Worth in national money
$39,695
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Kansas pays packers and packagers, hand a middle wage of $44,460, ranking 1 of 51 states and sitting about 22.55% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 356.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $44,460 you keep $35,711 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $39,695 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $41,330.
- Kansas's median for packers and packagers, hand is $44,460, about 22.55% above the national figure and 1 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, packers and packagers, hand sits at 356 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 $35,711 after the full tax stack, from $44,460. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $39,695 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,330 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Packers and Packagers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,380 |
| This salary | $44,460 |
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 | $35,711 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,904 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$689 |
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 | $41,732 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$833 |
| 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 $44,460. The published range is $30,060 up to $45,380, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $35,711, worked from $44,460. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 356 of 488.
- Two cautions on $39,695, the adjusted value of that $44,460 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 356 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for packers and packagers, hand in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,060 to $45,380. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Kansas take-home of $35,711, on $44,460 for work ranking 356 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 356 of 488 in the state.
- This $39,695 adjusted figure, worked from $44,460, 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 356 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 356 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 $41,330, 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 $30,060 and the top tenth $45,380, 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 $39,695.
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, $35,711 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $41,330. 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 ($30,060 to $45,380) 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 $39,695 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 $35,711 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.