Sewing Machine Operators in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,907
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$6,453
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,132
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
$35,360
Kept after tax
$28,907
Worth in national money
$32,132
State rank
39
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for sewing machine operators is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $35,360. That is 39 of 50 states, and about 3.57% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 488 occupations Kansas publishes, sewing machine operators lands at 441. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $35,360 the take-home is $28,907; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $32,132 would nationally. The average comes to $35,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For sewing machine operators, Kansas sits in the lower band at $35,360, ranking 39 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 3.57%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Kansas, this work ranks 441 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for sewing machine operators in Kansas, on $35,360, is $28,907 — equivalent to $32,132 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 $35,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sewing Machine Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,070 |
| This salary | $35,360 |
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 | $28,907 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,592 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$651 |
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 | $33,264 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$787 |
| 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 sewing machine operators in Kansas earn under $35,360 and half over. The published range runs $28,380 at the tenth percentile to $46,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $28,907 take-home in Kansas comes from $35,360. 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 441 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $32,132 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 441.
- Figures are distribution medians for sewing machine operators in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,380 to $46,070; 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.
- Retained pay of $28,907, from $35,360, 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 441 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $32,132, worked from $35,360, 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 441 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,380 and the top tenth $46,070, 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 $32,132.
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 $28,907 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 50 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 ($28,380 to $46,070) 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 $32,132 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 $28,907 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.