How much do Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other make in Topeka, KS?

Percentile spread

For Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $61,010 and the 90th percentile is $83,200. The difference is $22,190, which is 28.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $68,720 to the 75th at $80,270, covers $11,550.

The mean annual wage is $74,160, which sits below the median of $77,360. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Topeka, KS median is 12.1% higher than the national median of $68,990 for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $87,098, which is 26.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Kansas median of $77,330.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Topeka, KS is 88.820, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $77,360 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other at $87,098 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other. Topeka, KS ranks 2nd of 4 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Kansas City, MO-KS is 73 miles away, with a median of $85,520. That median is 10.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,411, against $87,098 here.
• Omaha, NE-IA is 156 miles away, with a median of $61,680. That median is 20.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,108, against $87,098 here.
• Tulsa, OK is 194 miles away, with a median of $60,490 and employment of 50. That median is 21.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,803, against $87,098 here.

Employment share

Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Topeka, KS (30 of 115,750). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,400 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.29 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.