SALARY · PACKERS AND PACKAGERS, HAND · KANSAS

Packers and Packagers, Hand salary in Kansas

This is not a guess and it is not a job ad. It is the published BLS figure for packers and packagers, hand in Kansas, where the median was $44,460 a year. I keep the source on every page because a salary number without a source is just a story.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$44,460

$21 per hour at the median · That is $8,180 (22.5 percent) above the national median of $36,280 for this occupation.

$41,330Mean annual salary

$20Mean hourly wage

$9,900People employed in this job in Kansas

Salary range

25th: $38,020Median: $44,46075th: $44,570

Measure	Annual
25th percentile	$38,020
Median (50th percentile)	$44,460
75th percentile	$44,570
Mean	$41,330

The middle half of workers earned from $38,020 to $44,570 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$36,222 a year

$3,019 a month

Federal tax $3,155 · FICA $3,401 · State tax $1,681

Caveat: the Kansas $9,160 personal exemption is from continuing official statute, not from the 2026 Form K-40ES itself, which refers the reader to the K-40 booklet for exemption amounts.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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