Bakers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,115
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$6,185
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,251
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
$34,300
Kept after tax
$28,115
Worth in national money
$31,251
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for bakers is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $34,300. That is 42 of 51 states, and about 7.7% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 488 occupations Kansas publishes, bakers lands at 450. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $34,300 you keep $28,115 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $31,251 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $34,920, since top earners drag the number up.
- For bakers, Kansas sits in the lower band at $34,300, ranking 42 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 7.7%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Kansas, this work ranks 450 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $28,115 after the full tax stack, from $34,300. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $31,251 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $34,920 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Bakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,740 |
| This salary | $34,300 |
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 | $28,115 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,740 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$646 |
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 | $32,277 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$781 |
| 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 bakers in Kansas earn under $34,300 and half over. The published range runs $27,410 at the tenth percentile to $45,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $28,115, from $34,300, 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 450 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,251 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 450.
- Figures are distribution medians for bakers in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,410 to $45,740; 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.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $28,115 from $34,300. 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 450 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,251, worked from $34,300, 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 450 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $27,410 at the bottom tenth to $45,740 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $31,251 in national terms.
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, $28,115 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,410 to $45,740) 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 $31,251 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 $28,115 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.