Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,232
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$26,298
26.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,512
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
$100,530
Kept after tax
$74,232
Worth in national money
$82,512
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kansas pays this job around $100,530 at the midpoint, 34 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 51 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $100,530 you keep $74,232, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,512 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $98,480, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For education administrators, kindergarten through secondary the Kansas median is $100,530, ranking 34 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, education administrators, kindergarten through secondary sits 51 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for education administrators, kindergarten through secondary on $100,530 is $74,232. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,512 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 $98,480 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,470 |
| This salary | $100,530 |
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 | $74,232 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,553 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$646 |
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 | $92,966 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$893 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $100,530 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $77,520 and the ninetieth is $127,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,232 take-home in Kansas comes from $100,530. 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 51 of 488.
- Two cautions on $82,512, the adjusted value of that $100,530 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 51 of 488 locally.
- The Kansas median of $100,530 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $77,520 to $127,470. 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 $74,232, from $100,530, 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 51 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 51 for it.
- This $82,512 adjusted figure, worked from $100,530, 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 51 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 51 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $77,520 and the top tenth $127,470, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $82,512 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, $74,232 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 ($77,520 to $127,470) 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 $82,512 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 $74,232 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.