Tree Trimmers and Pruners in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,657
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,743
20.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,969
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
$48,400
Kept after tax
$38,657
Worth in national money
$42,969
State rank
29
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for tree trimmers and pruners. The median is $48,400, ranking 29 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tree trimmers and pruners ranks 291 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,400 you keep $38,657, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,969 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,250, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for tree trimmers and pruners: a median of $48,400, ranking 29 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 291 of 488 in Kansas places tree trimmers and pruners 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for tree trimmers and pruners on $48,400 is $38,657. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,969 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 $51,250 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tree Trimmers and Pruners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,190 |
| This salary | $48,400 |
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 | $38,657 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,069 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$706 |
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 | $45,398 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$854 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,400 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,050 and the ninetieth is $62,190 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,657 take-home in Kansas comes from $48,400. 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 291 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,969, the adjusted value of that $48,400 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 291 of 488 in the state.
- The Kansas median of $48,400 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,050 to $62,190. 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 $38,657, from $48,400, 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 291 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $42,969 — the adjusted value of that $48,400 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 291 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 $51,250, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,050 and the top tenth $62,190, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,969 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 $38,657 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $51,250. 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 ($39,050 to $62,190) 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 $42,969 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 $38,657 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.