Print Binding and Finishing Workers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,485
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$6,985
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,885
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
$37,470
Kept after tax
$30,485
Worth in national money
$33,885
State rank
44
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays print binding and finishing workers a middle wage of $37,470, 44 of 50 states and about 11.4% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Kansas this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, print binding and finishing workers ranks 415. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $37,470 the take-home is $30,485; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $33,885 would nationally. The average comes to $38,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas's $37,470 median for print binding and finishing workers places it 44 of 50 states, about 11.4% 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.
- Against every occupation Kansas reports, print binding and finishing workers ranks 415 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.
- Post-tax income for print binding and finishing workers in Kansas, on $37,470, is $30,485 — equivalent to $33,885 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 $38,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Print Binding and Finishing Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,370 |
| This salary | $37,470 |
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 | $30,485 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,287 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$659 |
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 | $35,227 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$798 |
| 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 print binding and finishing workers in Kansas earn under $37,470 and half over. The published range runs $25,040 at the tenth percentile to $51,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $30,485, worked from $37,470. 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 415 of 488.
- Two cautions on $33,885, the adjusted value of that $37,470 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 415 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for print binding and finishing workers in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $25,040 to $51,370; 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.
- The Kansas take-home of $30,485, on $37,470 for work ranking 415 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 415 of 488 in the state.
- This $33,885 adjusted figure, worked from $37,470, 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 415 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 415 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $25,040 at the bottom tenth to $51,370 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 $33,885 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, $30,485 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($25,040 to $51,370) 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 $33,885 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 $30,485 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.