Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,096
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,554
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,346
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
$47,650
Kept after tax
$38,096
Worth in national money
$42,346
State rank
39
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $47,650. That is 39 of 49 states, and about 16.01% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 305 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,650 the take-home is $38,096; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,346 would nationally. The average comes to $47,770, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For community and social service specialists, all other, Kansas sits in the lower band at $47,650, ranking 39 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 16.01%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Community and social service specialists, all other ranks 305 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.
- Post-tax income for community and social service specialists, all other in Kansas, on $47,650, is $38,096 — equivalent to $42,346 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 $47,770 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,390 |
| This salary | $47,650 |
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 | $38,096 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,467 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$703 |
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 | $44,700 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$850 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,650 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $25,850 and the ninetieth is $68,390 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $38,096, from $47,650, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 305 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,346 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 305.
- The Kansas median of $47,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $25,850 to $68,390. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,096 from $47,650. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 305 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,346, worked from $47,650, 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 305 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $25,850, the highest tenth $68,390, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $42,346 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $38,096.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($25,850) and the ninetieth ($68,390) 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 $42,346 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 $38,096 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.