Fundraising Managers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,626
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$33,584
27.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,400
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
$121,210
Kept after tax
$87,626
Worth in national money
$97,400
State rank
22
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for fundraising managers. The median is $121,210, ranking 22 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Kansas reports, fundraising managers comes in at 24 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $121,210 you keep $87,626, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $97,400 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $134,420, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for fundraising managers: a median of $121,210, ranking 22 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Fundraising managers ranks 24 of 488 occupations by median in Kansas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for fundraising managers on $121,210 is $87,626. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $97,400 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 $134,420 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Fundraising Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $121,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $207,550 |
| This salary | $121,210 |
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 | $87,626 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,101 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$564 |
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 | $112,006 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$784 |
| 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 fundraising managers in Kansas earn under $121,210 and half over. The published range runs $84,670 at the tenth percentile to $207,550 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $87,626, from $121,210, 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 24 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $97,400, the adjusted value of that $121,210 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 24 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for fundraising managers in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $84,670 to $207,550; 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 $87,626 from $121,210. 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 24 of 488 locally.
- This $97,400 adjusted figure, worked from $121,210, 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 24 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 24 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $134,420 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $84,670 at the bottom tenth to $207,550 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $97,400.
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 $87,626 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $134,420. 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 ($84,670) and the ninetieth ($207,550) 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 $97,400 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 $87,626 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.