Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,371
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$10,659
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,986
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
$52,030
Kept after tax
$41,371
Worth in national money
$45,986
State rank
31
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $52,030, ranking 31 of 50 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 261.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $52,030 the take-home is $41,371; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,986 would nationally. The average lands at $51,890, below the middle of the range.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors: a median of $52,030, ranking 31 of 50. 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, adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors sits at 261 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.
- Post-tax income for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Kansas, on $52,030, is $41,371 — equivalent to $45,986 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 $51,890 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,080 |
| This salary | $52,030 |
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 | $41,371 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,986 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$721 |
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 | $48,776 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$872 |
| 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 $52,030. The published range is $39,290 up to $64,080, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $41,371, from $52,030, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 261 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $45,986, the adjusted value of that $52,030 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kansas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 261 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,290 to $64,080. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,371 from $52,030. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 261 of 488 locally.
- This $45,986 adjusted figure, worked from $52,030, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 261 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 261 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,290 at the tenth percentile, $64,080 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,986 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 $41,371 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 50 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 ($39,290 to $64,080) 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 $45,986 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 $41,371 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.