Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,992
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$13,568
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,569
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
$63,560
Kept after tax
$49,992
Worth in national money
$55,569
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 27 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $63,560. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 173.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $63,560 you keep $49,992 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $55,569 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $67,620, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 27 of 51 for telecommunications line installers and repairers at $63,560. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, telecommunications line installers and repairers sits at 173 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 $49,992 after the full tax stack, from $63,560. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $55,569 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $67,620 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,400 |
| This salary | $63,560 |
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 | $49,992 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,250 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$770 |
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 | $59,505 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$931 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $63,560 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,840 and the ninetieth is $100,400 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,992 take-home in Kansas comes from $63,560. 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 173 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $55,569 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 173.
- The Kansas median of $63,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,840 to $100,400. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $49,992, from $63,560, 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 173 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,569, worked from $63,560, 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 173 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $67,620, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $38,840 at the bottom tenth to $100,400 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Kansas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $55,569 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $49,992 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $67,620. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,840) and the ninetieth ($100,400) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $55,569 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 $49,992 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.