Cost Estimators in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,506
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$17,744
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,032
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
$76,250
Kept after tax
$58,506
Worth in national money
$65,032
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for cost estimators. The median is $76,250, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, cost estimators ranks 119 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $76,250 the take-home is $58,506; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $65,032 would nationally. The average comes to $80,750, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for cost estimators: a median of $76,250, ranking 34 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, cost estimators sits 119 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for cost estimators in Kansas, on $76,250, is $58,506 — equivalent to $65,032 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 $80,750 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cost Estimators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,310 |
| This salary | $76,250 |
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 | $58,506 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,472 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$744 |
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 | $70,612 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,027 |
| 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 $76,250. The published range is $48,860 up to $118,310, 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 $58,506, worked from $76,250. 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 119 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,032, the adjusted value of that $76,250 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 119 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for cost estimators in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $48,860 to $118,310. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Kansas take-home of $58,506, on $76,250 for work ranking 119 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 119 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $65,032 — the adjusted value of that $76,250 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 119 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 $80,750 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,860 and the top tenth $118,310 — 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 $65,032 in national terms.
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, $58,506 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $80,750. 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 ($48,860) and the ninetieth ($118,310) 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 $65,032 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 $58,506 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.