Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,130
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$8,890
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,160
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
$45,020
Kept after tax
$36,130
Worth in national money
$40,160
State rank
41
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays this job a middle wage of $45,020, 41 of 45 states and about 13.42% 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 350.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,020 you keep $36,130, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,160 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $46,840, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas's $45,020 median for recreational vehicle service technicians places it 41 of 45 states, about 13.42% 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, recreational vehicle service technicians sits at 350 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for recreational vehicle service technicians on $45,020 is $36,130. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,160 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $46,840 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,620 |
| This salary | $45,020 |
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 | $36,130 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,354 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$692 |
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 | $42,253 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$836 |
| 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 $45,020. The published range is $37,240 up to $59,620, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $36,130 take-home in Kansas comes from $45,020. 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 350 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,160, the adjusted value of that $45,020 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 350 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for recreational vehicle service technicians in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,240 to $59,620. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $36,130, from $45,020, 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 350 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $40,160 — the adjusted value of that $45,020 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 350 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $46,840 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,240 at the tenth percentile, $59,620 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,160.
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, $36,130 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $46,840. 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 ($37,240 to $59,620) 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 $40,160 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 $36,130 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.