Financial and Investment Analysts in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,082
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$20,778
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,230
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
$84,860
Kept after tax
$64,082
Worth in national money
$71,230
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $84,860. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 17.4% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 79 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $84,860 the take-home is $64,082; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $71,230 would nationally. The average comes to $90,770, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For financial and investment analysts, Kansas sits in the lower band at $84,860, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 17.4%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, financial and investment analysts sits 79 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.
- Post-tax income for financial and investment analysts in Kansas, on $84,860, is $64,082 — equivalent to $71,230 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 $90,770 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial and Investment Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,750 |
| This salary | $84,860 |
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 | $64,082 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,529 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$709 |
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 | $78,539 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$980 |
| 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 financial and investment analysts in Kansas earn under $84,860 and half over. The published range runs $58,680 at the tenth percentile to $128,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $64,082, worked from $84,860. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 79 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,230, the adjusted value of that $84,860 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 79 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial and investment analysts in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,680 to $128,750; 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.
- The Kansas take-home of $64,082, on $84,860 for work ranking 79 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 79 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $71,230 — the adjusted value of that $84,860 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 79 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 $90,770, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $58,680 and the top tenth $128,750 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $71,230 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 $64,082 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $90,770. 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 ($58,680) and the ninetieth ($128,750) 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 $71,230 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 $64,082 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.