Computer Network Support Specialists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,375
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$12,685
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,660
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
$60,060
Kept after tax
$47,375
Worth in national money
$52,660
State rank
44
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $60,060. That is 44 of 48 states, and about 21.2% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 208 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,060 you keep $47,375, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,660 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $66,830, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For computer network support specialists, Kansas sits in the lower band at $60,060, ranking 44 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 21.2%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 208 of 488 in Kansas places computer network support specialists 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for computer network support specialists on $60,060 is $47,375. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,660 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 $66,830 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Network Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,350 |
| This salary | $60,060 |
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 | $47,375 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,438 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$755 |
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 | $56,248 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$913 |
| 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 computer network support specialists in Kansas earn under $60,060 and half over. The published range runs $45,570 at the tenth percentile to $98,350 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $47,375 take-home in Kansas comes from $60,060. 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 208 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,660 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 208.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer network support specialists in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,570 to $98,350; 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 $47,375, from $60,060, 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 208 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 $52,660, worked from $60,060, 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 208 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $66,830, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $45,570 and the top tenth $98,350 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $52,660.
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 $47,375 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $66,830. 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 ($45,570) and the ninetieth ($98,350) 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 $52,660 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 $47,375 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.