Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,412
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,998
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,809
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
$49,410
Kept after tax
$39,412
Worth in national money
$43,809
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,410, ranking 46 of 51 states — about 8.07% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 281 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,410 the take-home is $39,412; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,809 would nationally. The average comes to $52,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas ranks 46 of 51 for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers, with a median of $49,410 — about 8.07% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ranks 281 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.
- Post-tax income for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in Kansas, on $49,410, is $39,412 — equivalent to $43,809 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 $52,780 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,680 |
| This salary | $49,410 |
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 | $39,412 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,881 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$710 |
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 | $46,338 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$859 |
| 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 welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in Kansas earn under $49,410 and half over. The published range runs $37,790 at the tenth percentile to $66,680 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 $39,412, worked from $49,410. 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 281 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,809, the adjusted value of that $49,410 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 281 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,790 to $66,680; 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 $39,412, on $49,410 for work ranking 281 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 281 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $43,809 — the adjusted value of that $49,410 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 281 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $52,780 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,790 and the top tenth $66,680, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,809 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, $39,412 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $52,780. 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 ($37,790 to $66,680) 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 $43,809 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 $39,412 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.