Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,053
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$8,527
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,963
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
$43,580
Kept after tax
$35,053
Worth in national money
$38,963
State rank
25
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $43,580, ranking 25 of 47 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 364.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $43,580 you keep $35,053 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $38,963 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $42,980.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing: a median of $43,580, ranking 25 of 47. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing sits at 364 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 $35,053 after the full tax stack, from $43,580. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,963 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $42,980 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,580 |
| This salary | $43,580 |
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 | $35,053 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,197 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$685 |
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 | $40,913 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$829 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Kansas earn less than $43,580. The published range is $30,560 up to $57,580, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $35,053 take-home in Kansas comes from $43,580. 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 364 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $38,963 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 364.
- Reported values are medians; for woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,560 to $57,580. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $35,053, from $43,580, 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 364 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,963, worked from $43,580, 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 364 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $30,560 at the tenth percentile, $57,580 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $38,963.
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 $35,053 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 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 ($30,560 to $57,580) 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 $38,963 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 $35,053 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.