Slaughterers and Meat Packers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,538
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,702
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,836
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
$48,240
Kept after tax
$38,538
Worth in national money
$42,836
State rank
4
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is one of the better-paying states for slaughterers and meat packers. The middle earner takes $48,240, which ranks 4 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 20.21% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Slaughterers and meat packers ranks 293 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,240 you keep $38,538 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,836 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $47,870.
- Kansas ranks 4 of 47 states publishing a median for slaughterers and meat packers, at $48,240 — about 20.21% 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.
- Position 293 of 488 in Kansas places slaughterers and meat packers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $38,538 after the full tax stack, from $48,240. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,836 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,870 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Slaughterers and Meat Packers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,660 |
| This salary | $48,240 |
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 | $38,538 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,941 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$705 |
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 | $45,249 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$853 |
| 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 slaughterers and meat packers in Kansas earn under $48,240 and half over. The published range runs $39,180 at the tenth percentile to $57,660 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 $38,538, worked from $48,240. 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 293 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,836, the adjusted value of that $48,240 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 293 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for slaughterers and meat packers in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,180 to $57,660; 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 $38,538, on $48,240 for work ranking 293 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 293 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $42,836 — the adjusted value of that $48,240 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 293 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,180 at the tenth percentile, $57,660 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 $42,836 in national terms.
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, $38,538 remains.
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 47 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 ($39,180 to $57,660) 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 $42,836 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 $38,538 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.