Education Administrators, Postsecondary in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,379
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$29,641
26.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,344
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
$110,020
Kept after tax
$80,379
Worth in national money
$89,344
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Kansas's middle earner gets $110,020, putting the state 17 of 51 — about 5.19% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Kansas. It ranks 34 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 $110,020 the take-home is $80,379; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $89,344 would nationally. The average comes to $131,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For education administrators, postsecondary, Kansas sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $110,020, ranking 17 of 51 and running about 5.19% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Kansas, education administrators, postsecondary ranks 34 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, postsecondary in Kansas, on $110,020, is $80,379 — equivalent to $89,344 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 $131,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $227,000 |
| This salary | $110,020 |
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 | $80,379 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,229 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$608 |
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 | $101,704 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$840 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $110,020 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $62,750 and the ninetieth is $227,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $80,379, from $110,020, 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 34 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 $89,344 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 34.
- The Kansas median of $110,020 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $62,750 to $227,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $80,379 from $110,020. 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 34 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $89,344, worked from $110,020, 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 34 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $131,360, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $62,750, the highest tenth $227,000, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $89,344.
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 $80,379.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $131,360. 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 ($62,750) and the ninetieth ($227,000) 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 $89,344 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 $80,379 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.