Budget Analysts in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,025
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$19,115
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,832
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
$80,140
Kept after tax
$61,025
Worth in national money
$67,832
State rank
44
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for budget analysts is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $80,140. That is 44 of 51 states, and about 12.55% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, budget analysts ranks 95 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $80,140 the take-home is $61,025; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,832 would nationally. The average comes to $85,820, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For budget analysts, Kansas sits in the lower band at $80,140, ranking 44 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 12.55%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, budget analysts sits 95 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.
- Post-tax income for budget analysts in Kansas, on $80,140, is $61,025 — equivalent to $67,832 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 $85,820 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Budget Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,810 |
| This salary | $80,140 |
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 | $61,025 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,208 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$728 |
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 | $74,194 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,006 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,140 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $59,240 and the ninetieth is $117,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $61,025, worked from $80,140. 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 95 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,832, the adjusted value of that $80,140 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 95 of 488 in the state.
- The Kansas median of $80,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $59,240 to $117,810. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Kansas take-home of $61,025, on $80,140 for work ranking 95 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 95 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $67,832 — the adjusted value of that $80,140 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 95 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $85,820 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $59,240 and the top tenth $117,810 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $67,832 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 $61,025.
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 $85,820. 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 ($59,240) and the ninetieth ($117,810) 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 $67,832 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 $61,025 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.