Crossing Guards and Flaggers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,967
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$6,473
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,198
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
$35,440
Kept after tax
$28,967
Worth in national money
$32,198
State rank
34
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for crossing guards and flaggers. The middle earner takes $35,440, ranking 34 of 49 states — about 6.98% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Kansas, this one sits low: 438 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $35,440 you keep $28,967 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $32,198 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $35,610, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 34 of 49 for crossing guards and flaggers, with a median of $35,440 — about 6.98% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Crossing guards and flaggers occupies position 438 of 488 in Kansas's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $28,967 after the full tax stack, from $35,440. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $32,198 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $35,610 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Crossing Guards and Flaggers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,520 |
| This salary | $35,440 |
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 | $28,967 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,656 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$651 |
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 | $33,338 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$787 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $35,440 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,290 and the ninetieth is $43,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $28,967 take-home in Kansas comes from $35,440. 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 438 of 488.
- Two cautions on $32,198, the adjusted value of that $35,440 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 438 of 488 locally.
- The Kansas median of $35,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,290 to $43,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $28,967, from $35,440, 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 438 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 49 for it.
- This $32,198 adjusted figure, worked from $35,440, 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 438 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 438 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,290 at the tenth percentile, $43,520 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 $32,198 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, $28,967 remains.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,290 to $43,520) 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 $32,198 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 $28,967 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.