Tile and Stone Setters in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,532
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$11,388
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,388
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
$54,920
Kept after tax
$43,532
Worth in national money
$48,388
State rank
20
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 20 of 47 states for tile and stone setters, with a middle wage of $54,920. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 247 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $54,920 you keep $43,532, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $48,388 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $56,070, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas ranks 20 of 47 for tile and stone setters at $54,920. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Tile and stone setters ranks 247 of 488 occupations in Kansas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for tile and stone setters on $54,920 is $43,532. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $48,388 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $56,070 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,990 |
| This salary | $54,920 |
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 | $43,532 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,308 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$734 |
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 | $51,465 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$887 |
| 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 tile and stone setters in Kansas earn under $54,920 and half over. The published range runs $39,470 at the tenth percentile to $74,990 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $43,532 take-home in Kansas comes from $54,920. 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 247 of 488.
- Two cautions on $48,388, the adjusted value of that $54,920 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kansas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 247 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for tile and stone setters in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,470 to $74,990; 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 $43,532, from $54,920, 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 247 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 47 for it.
- This $48,388 adjusted figure, worked from $54,920, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 247 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 247 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,470 at the tenth percentile, $74,990 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,388 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $43,532 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,470 to $74,990) 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 $48,388 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 $43,532 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.