Aircraft Service Attendants in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,833
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,127
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,941
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
$45,960
Kept after tax
$36,833
Worth in national money
$40,941
State rank
11
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is one of the better-paying states for aircraft service attendants. The middle earner takes $45,960, which ranks 11 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 13.62% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Aircraft service attendants ranks 330 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,960 you keep $36,833, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,941 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $44,340, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Kansas ranks 11 of 46 states publishing a median for aircraft service attendants, at $45,960 — about 13.62% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 330 of 488 in Kansas places aircraft service attendants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for aircraft service attendants on $45,960 is $36,833. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,941 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $44,340 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,230 |
| This salary | $45,960 |
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 | $36,833 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,109 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$696 |
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 | $43,127 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$841 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,960 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,670 and the ninetieth is $60,230 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $36,833, from $45,960, 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 330 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $40,941, the adjusted value of that $45,960 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 330 of 488 locally.
- The Kansas median of $45,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,670 to $60,230. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,833 from $45,960. 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 330 of 488 locally.
- This $40,941 adjusted figure, worked from $45,960, 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 330 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 330 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $44,340, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,670 at the tenth percentile, $60,230 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 $40,941 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Kansas then takes its own share, leaving $36,833.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $44,340. 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 ($31,670 to $60,230) 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 $40,941 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 $36,833 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.