Court, Municipal, and License Clerks in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,921
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$8,819
19.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,927
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
$44,740
Kept after tax
$35,921
Worth in national money
$39,927
State rank
39
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays court, municipal, and license clerks a middle wage of $44,740, 39 of 51 states and about 8.13% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 355.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,740 you keep $35,921, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,927 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $45,710, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas's $44,740 median for court, municipal, and license clerks places it 39 of 51 states, about 8.13% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, court, municipal, and license clerks sits at 355 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for court, municipal, and license clerks on $44,740 is $35,921. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,927 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 $45,710 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,860 |
| This salary | $44,740 |
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 | $35,921 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,129 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$690 |
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 | $41,992 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$835 |
| 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 court, municipal, and license clerks in Kansas earn under $44,740 and half over. The published range runs $36,260 at the tenth percentile to $59,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $35,921, from $44,740, 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 355 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,927, the adjusted value of that $44,740 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kansas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 355 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for court, municipal, and license clerks in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,260 to $59,860; 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.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $35,921 from $44,740. 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 355 of 488 locally.
- This $39,927 adjusted figure, worked from $44,740, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 355 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 355 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,260 at the tenth percentile, $59,860 at the ninetieth.
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 $39,927 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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, $35,921 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,260 to $59,860) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Kansas rather than a national figure.
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 $39,927 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 $35,921 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.