Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,490
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$21,000
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,684
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
$85,490
Kept after tax
$64,490
Worth in national money
$71,684
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $85,490, ranking 44 of 51 states — about 13.89% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 77 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $85,490 you keep $64,490, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $71,684 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $94,030, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas ranks 44 of 51 for architects, except landscape and naval, with a median of $85,490 — about 13.89% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, architects, except landscape and naval sits 77 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for architects, except landscape and naval on $85,490 is $64,490. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $71,684 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 $94,030 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,600 |
| This salary | $85,490 |
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 | $64,490 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,972 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$707 |
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 | $79,119 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$976 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of architects, except landscape and naval in Kansas earn under $85,490 and half over. The published range runs $61,100 at the tenth percentile to $131,600 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $64,490, worked from $85,490. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 77 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,684, the adjusted value of that $85,490 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 77 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for architects, except landscape and naval in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,100 to $131,600; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Kansas take-home of $64,490, on $85,490 for work ranking 77 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 77 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $71,684 — the adjusted value of that $85,490 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 77 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 $94,030, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $61,100 and the top tenth $131,600 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $71,684.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Kansas's own levy, $64,490 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $94,030. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,100) and the ninetieth ($131,600) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $71,684 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 $64,490 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.