Education Administrators, All Other in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,424
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$32,386
27.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,953
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
$117,810
Kept after tax
$85,424
Worth in national money
$94,953
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Kansas pays this job a middle wage of $117,810, ranking 4 of 49 states and sitting about 23.75% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Kansas. It ranks 27 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $117,810 the take-home is $85,424; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $94,953 would nationally. The average lands at $114,260, below the middle of the range.
- Kansas's median for education administrators, all other is $117,810, about 23.75% above the national figure and 4 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Kansas, education administrators, all other ranks 27 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for education administrators, all other in Kansas, on $117,810, is $85,424 — equivalent to $94,953 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 $114,260 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $117,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,890 |
| This salary | $117,810 |
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 | $85,424 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,709 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$577 |
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 | $108,876 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$797 |
| 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 education administrators, all other in Kansas earn under $117,810 and half over. The published range runs $60,990 at the tenth percentile to $161,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $85,424, from $117,810, 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 27 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $94,953 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 27.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, all other in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,990 to $161,890; 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 $85,424 from $117,810. 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 27 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $94,953, worked from $117,810, 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 27 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 $114,260, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,990, the highest tenth $161,890, 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 $94,953 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 $85,424.
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.
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 $114,260. 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 ($60,990) and the ninetieth ($161,890) 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 $94,953 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 $85,424 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.