Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,827
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,463
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,047
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
$47,290
Kept after tax
$37,827
Worth in national money
$42,047
State rank
41
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 $47,290, ranking 41 of 51 states — about 6.67% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 312 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,290 the take-home is $37,827; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,047 would nationally. The average comes to $47,900, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas ranks 41 of 51 for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, with a median of $47,290 — about 6.67% 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.
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ranks 312 of 488 occupations in Kansas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Kansas, on $47,290, is $37,827 — equivalent to $42,047 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 $47,900 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,130 |
| This salary | $47,290 |
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 | $37,827 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,178 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$701 |
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 | $44,365 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$848 |
| 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 $47,290. The published range is $32,130 up to $64,130, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $37,827, from $47,290, 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 312 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $42,047, the adjusted value of that $47,290 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 312 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,130 to $64,130. 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 $37,827 from $47,290. 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 312 of 488 locally.
- This $42,047 adjusted figure, worked from $47,290, 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 312 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 312 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,130 at the bottom tenth to $64,130 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 $42,047 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 $37,827 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,130 to $64,130) 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 $42,047 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 $37,827 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.