Surveyors in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,253
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$17,607
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,751
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
$75,860
Kept after tax
$58,253
Worth in national money
$64,751
State rank
28
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kansas pays surveyors around $75,860 at the midpoint, 28 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, surveyors ranks 122 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $75,860 the take-home is $58,253; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $64,751 would nationally. The average comes to $79,070, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For surveyors the Kansas median is $75,860, ranking 28 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, surveyors sits 122 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for surveyors in Kansas, on $75,860, is $58,253 — equivalent to $64,751 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 $79,070 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Surveyors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,920 |
| This salary | $75,860 |
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 | $58,253 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,198 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$745 |
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 | $70,253 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,029 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $75,860 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,320 and the ninetieth is $100,920 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $58,253, from $75,860, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 122 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $64,751 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 122.
- The Kansas median of $75,860 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,320 to $100,920. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $58,253 from $75,860. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 122 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $64,751, worked from $75,860, 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 122 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $79,070, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,320 at the tenth percentile, $100,920 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 $64,751 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 $58,253 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $79,070. 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 ($50,320 to $100,920) 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 $64,751 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 $58,253 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.