Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,791
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$17,899
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,348
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
$76,690
Kept after tax
$58,791
Worth in national money
$65,348
State rank
44
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $76,690, ranking 44 of 48 states — about 23.75% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Kansas. It ranks 117 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $76,690 you keep $58,791 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $65,348 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $85,550, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 44 of 48 for clinical and counseling psychologists, with a median of $76,690 — about 23.75% 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.
- Within Kansas, clinical and counseling psychologists ranks 117 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $58,791 after the full tax stack, from $76,690. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $65,348 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $85,550 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $151,800 |
| This salary | $76,690 |
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 | $58,791 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,781 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$742 |
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 | $71,017 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,025 |
| 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 $76,690. The published range is $47,620 up to $151,800, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $58,791 take-home in Kansas comes from $76,690. 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 117 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $65,348 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 117.
- Reported values are medians; for clinical and counseling psychologists in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,620 to $151,800. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $58,791, from $76,690, 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 117 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 44 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $65,348, worked from $76,690, 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 117 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $85,550, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $47,620, the highest tenth $151,800, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $65,348.
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, $58,791 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $85,550. 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 ($47,620) and the ninetieth ($151,800) 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 $65,348 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 $58,791 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.