Clergy in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,446
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$10,684
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,069
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
$52,130
Kept after tax
$41,446
Worth in national money
$46,069
State rank
47
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for clergy is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $52,130. That is 47 of 50 states, and about 14.27% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 259 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $52,130 you keep $41,446, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $46,069 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $51,970, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For clergy, Kansas sits in the lower band at $52,130, ranking 47 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 14.27%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Clergy ranks 259 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for clergy on $52,130 is $41,446. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $46,069 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $51,970 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Clergy
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,250 |
| This salary | $52,130 |
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 | $41,446 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,066 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$722 |
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 | $48,869 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$873 |
| 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 $52,130. The published range is $29,060 up to $68,250, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $41,446, worked from $52,130. 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 259 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,069 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 259.
- Reported values are medians; for clergy in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,060 to $68,250. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Kansas take-home of $41,446, on $52,130 for work ranking 259 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 259 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,069, worked from $52,130, 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 259 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $29,060 and the top tenth $68,250 — 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 $46,069 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 $41,446 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($29,060) and the ninetieth ($68,250) 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 $46,069 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 $41,446 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.