Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,104
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$20,246
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,143
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
$83,350
Kept after tax
$63,104
Worth in national money
$70,143
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 19 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $83,350. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 83 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $83,350 you keep $63,104 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $70,143 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $89,970, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 19 of 51 for business operations specialists, all other at $83,350. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, business operations specialists, all other sits 83 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.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $63,104 after the full tax stack, from $83,350. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $70,143 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $89,970 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Business Operations Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,950 |
| This salary | $83,350 |
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 | $63,104 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,467 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$715 |
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 | $77,149 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$988 |
| 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 $83,350. The published range is $49,410 up to $134,950, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $63,104 take-home in Kansas comes from $83,350. 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 83 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $70,143 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 83.
- Reported values are medians; for business operations specialists, all other in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,410 to $134,950. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $63,104, from $83,350, 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 83 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,143, worked from $83,350, 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 83 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 $89,970 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 $49,410 and the top tenth $134,950 — 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 $70,143 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 $63,104 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.
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 $89,970. 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 ($49,410) and the ninetieth ($134,950) 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 $70,143 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 $63,104 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.