Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,592
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$10,058
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,008
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
$49,650
Kept after tax
$39,592
Worth in national money
$44,008
State rank
35
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays this job a middle wage of $49,650, 35 of 50 states and about 8.41% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 279 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,650 you keep $39,592, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $44,008 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas's $49,650 median for eligibility interviewers, government programs places it 35 of 50 states, about 8.41% 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.
- Eligibility interviewers, government programs ranks 279 of 488 occupations in Kansas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for eligibility interviewers, government programs on $49,650 is $39,592. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $44,008 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 $51,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,200 |
| This salary | $49,650 |
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 | $39,592 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,074 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$711 |
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 | $46,561 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$860 |
| 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 eligibility interviewers, government programs in Kansas earn under $49,650 and half over. The published range runs $37,980 at the tenth percentile to $67,200 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,592 take-home in Kansas comes from $49,650. 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 279 of 488.
- Two cautions on $44,008, the adjusted value of that $49,650 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 279 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for eligibility interviewers, government programs in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,980 to $67,200; 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.
- Retained pay of $39,592, from $49,650, 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 279 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 50 for it.
- This $44,008 adjusted figure, worked from $49,650, 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 279 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 279 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 $51,330, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,980 at the bottom tenth to $67,200 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $44,008 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Kansas adds its own income tax on top — which is why $39,592 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $51,330. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,980 to $67,200) 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 $44,008 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 $39,592 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.