Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,156
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$14,834
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,085
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
$67,990
Kept after tax
$53,156
Worth in national money
$59,085
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kansas pays this job around $67,990 at the midpoint, 33 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 146 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 $67,990 you keep $53,156, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $59,085 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $75,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists the Kansas median is $67,990, ranking 33 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists ranks 146 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 compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists on $67,990 is $53,156. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $59,085 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 $75,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,100 |
| This salary | $67,990 |
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 | $53,156 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,661 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$777 |
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 | $63,442 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,073 |
| 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 $67,990. The published range is $50,240 up to $111,100, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $53,156 take-home in Kansas comes from $67,990. 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 146 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,085, the adjusted value of that $67,990 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 146 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,240 to $111,100. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $53,156, from $67,990, 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 146 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $59,085 — the adjusted value of that $67,990 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 146 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 $75,200 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $50,240, the highest tenth $111,100, 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 $59,085 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 $53,156.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $75,200. 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 ($50,240) and the ninetieth ($111,100) 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 $59,085 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 $53,156 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.