Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,713
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$5,037
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,469
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
$29,750
Kept after tax
$24,713
Worth in national money
$27,469
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks. The middle earner takes $29,750, ranking 42 of 51 states — about 15.17% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Kansas, this one sits low: 470 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $29,750 you keep $24,713, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $27,469 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $30,590, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas ranks 42 of 51 for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks, with a median of $29,750 — about 15.17% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks occupies position 470 of 488 in Kansas's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks on $29,750 is $24,713. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $27,469 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 $30,590 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $35,850 |
| This salary | $29,750 |
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 | $24,713 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,084 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$627 |
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 | $28,054 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$758 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Kansas earn less than $29,750. The published range is $26,120 up to $35,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $24,713 take-home in Kansas comes from $29,750. 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 470 of 488.
- Two cautions on $27,469, the adjusted value of that $29,750 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 470 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $26,120 to $35,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $24,713, from $29,750, 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 470 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 51 for it.
- This $27,469 adjusted figure, worked from $29,750, 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 470 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 470 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $26,120 at the tenth percentile, $35,850 at the ninetieth.
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 $27,469.
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, $24,713 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($26,120 to $35,850) 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 $27,469 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 $24,713 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.