Athletic Trainers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,688
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$12,452
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,895
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
$59,140
Kept after tax
$46,688
Worth in national money
$51,895
State rank
41
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for athletic trainers. The middle earner takes $59,140, ranking 41 of 50 states — about 5.41% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 220.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $59,140 you keep $46,688 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $51,895 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $61,410, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 41 of 50 for athletic trainers, with a median of $59,140 — about 5.41% 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.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, athletic trainers sits at 220 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.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $46,688 after the full tax stack, from $59,140. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $51,895 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $61,410 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Athletic Trainers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,600 |
| This salary | $59,140 |
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 | $46,688 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,699 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$751 |
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 | $55,392 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$909 |
| 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 athletic trainers in Kansas earn under $59,140 and half over. The published range runs $47,160 at the tenth percentile to $78,600 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,688 take-home in Kansas comes from $59,140. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 220 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,895 uses one figure for the whole of Kansas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 220.
- Figures are distribution medians for athletic trainers in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,160 to $78,600; 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.
- Retained pay of $46,688, from $59,140, assumes a single Kansas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 220 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,895, worked from $59,140, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Kansas address, on work sitting at 220 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 $61,410, 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 — $47,160 at the tenth percentile, $78,600 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Kansas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $51,895 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $46,688 remains.
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.
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 $61,410. 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 ($47,160 to $78,600) 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 $51,895 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 $46,688 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.