Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,059
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$12,241
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,197
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
$58,300
Kept after tax
$46,059
Worth in national money
$51,197
State rank
43
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,300, ranking 43 of 49 states — about 12.03% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 229 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $58,300 you keep $46,059 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $51,197 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $57,650.
- Kansas ranks 43 of 49 for career/technical education teachers, secondary school, with a median of $58,300 — about 12.03% 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.
- Position 229 of 488 in Kansas places career/technical education teachers, secondary school in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $46,059 after the full tax stack, from $58,300. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $51,197 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,650 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $73,300 |
| This salary | $58,300 |
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 | $46,059 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,024 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$748 |
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 | $54,610 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$904 |
| 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 career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Kansas earn under $58,300 and half over. The published range runs $46,240 at the tenth percentile to $73,300 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,059 take-home in Kansas comes from $58,300. 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 229 of 488.
- Two cautions on $51,197, the adjusted value of that $58,300 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 229 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,240 to $73,300; 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 $46,059, from $58,300, 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 229 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 49 for it.
- This $51,197 adjusted figure, worked from $58,300, 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 229 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 229 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,240 and the top tenth $73,300, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $51,197 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, $46,059 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,240 to $73,300) 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 $51,197 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 $46,059 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.