Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,437
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$13,043
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,840
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
$61,480
Kept after tax
$48,437
Worth in national money
$53,840
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $61,480, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.35% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 192.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $61,480 you keep $48,437 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $53,840 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $62,070, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for security and fire alarm systems installers, at $61,480 — about 2.35% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, security and fire alarm systems installers sits at 192 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 $48,437 after the full tax stack, from $61,480. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,840 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $62,070 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,770 |
| This salary | $61,480 |
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 | $48,437 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,579 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$761 |
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 | $57,570 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$921 |
| 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 $61,480. The published range is $46,740 up to $76,770, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $48,437 take-home in Kansas comes from $61,480. 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 192 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $53,840, the adjusted value of that $61,480 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 192 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for security and fire alarm systems installers in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,740 to $76,770. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $48,437, from $61,480, 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 192 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $53,840 — the adjusted value of that $61,480 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 192 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,740 at the tenth percentile, $76,770 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Kansas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $53,840 in national terms.
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 $48,437 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,740 to $76,770) 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 $53,840 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 $48,437 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.