First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,887
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,483
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,113
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
$47,370
Kept after tax
$37,887
Worth in national money
$42,113
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 28 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $47,370. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 308 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,370 you keep $37,887 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,113 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $49,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 28 of 51 for first-line supervisors of personal service workers at $47,370. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 308 of 488 in Kansas places first-line supervisors of personal service workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $37,887 after the full tax stack, from $47,370. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,113 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $49,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,650 |
| This salary | $47,370 |
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 | $37,887 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,242 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$701 |
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 | $44,439 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$848 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of personal service workers in Kansas earn under $47,370 and half over. The published range runs $31,280 at the tenth percentile to $64,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $37,887, from $47,370, 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 308 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $42,113, the adjusted value of that $47,370 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 308 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of personal service workers in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,280 to $64,650; 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.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,887 from $47,370. 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 308 of 488 locally.
- This $42,113 adjusted figure, worked from $47,370, 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 308 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 308 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 $49,170, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,280 and the top tenth $64,650, 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 $42,113 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, $37,887 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.
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 $49,170. 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 ($31,280 to $64,650) 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 $42,113 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 $37,887 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.