Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$24,989
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$5,131
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,777
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
$30,120
Kept after tax
$24,989
Worth in national money
$27,777
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for laundry and dry-cleaning workers is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $30,120. That is 42 of 51 states, and about 13.67% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 488 occupations Kansas publishes, laundry and dry-cleaning workers lands at 467. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $30,120 the take-home is $24,989; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $27,777 would nationally. The average comes to $31,080, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For laundry and dry-cleaning workers, Kansas sits in the lower band at $30,120, ranking 42 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 13.67%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Kansas, this work ranks 467 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for laundry and dry-cleaning workers in Kansas, on $30,120, is $24,989 — equivalent to $27,777 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 $31,080 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $36,640 |
| This salary | $30,120 |
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 | $24,989 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,381 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$628 |
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 | $28,390 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$760 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $30,120 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $25,800 and the ninetieth is $36,640 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $24,989 take-home in Kansas comes from $30,120. 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 467 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $27,777, the adjusted value of that $30,120 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 467 of 488 in the state.
- The Kansas median of $30,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $25,800 to $36,640. 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 $24,989, from $30,120, 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 467 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $27,777 — the adjusted value of that $30,120 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 467 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 $31,080, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $25,800 at the tenth percentile, $36,640 at the ninetieth.
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 $27,777 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 $24,989.
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 $31,080. 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 ($25,800 to $36,640) 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 $27,777 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 $24,989 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.