First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,280
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$12,990
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,665
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
$61,270
Kept after tax
$48,280
Worth in national money
$53,665
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $61,270, ranking 19 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Kansas, this sits in the middle: 193 of 488 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $61,270 you keep $48,280 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $53,665 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $61,620, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers: a median of $61,270, ranking 19 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers ranks 193 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.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $48,280 after the full tax stack, from $61,270. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $53,665 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $61,620 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,580 |
| This salary | $61,270 |
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 | $48,280 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,410 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$760 |
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 | $57,374 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$920 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,270 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $44,840 and the ninetieth is $79,580 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $48,280 take-home in Kansas comes from $61,270. 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 193 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,665 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 193.
- The Kansas median of $61,270 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $44,840 to $79,580. 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 $48,280, from $61,270, 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 193 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,665, worked from $61,270, 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 193 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,840 and the top tenth $79,580, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $53,665 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 $48,280.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,840 to $79,580) 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 $53,665 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 $48,280 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.