Loan Interviewers and Clerks in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,089
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$9,551
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,338
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
$47,640
Kept after tax
$38,089
Worth in national money
$42,338
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for loan interviewers and clerks. The middle earner takes $47,640, ranking 38 of 51 states — about 4.76% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 306.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $47,640 you keep $38,089, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,338 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,310, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas ranks 38 of 51 for loan interviewers and clerks, with a median of $47,640 — about 4.76% 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.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, loan interviewers and clerks sits at 306 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for loan interviewers and clerks on $47,640 is $38,089. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,338 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 $51,310 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,430 |
| This salary | $47,640 |
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 | $38,089 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,459 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$703 |
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 | $44,691 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$850 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,640 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,340 and the ninetieth is $66,430 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,089 take-home in Kansas comes from $47,640. 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 306 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,338, the adjusted value of that $47,640 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 306 of 488 in the state.
- The Kansas median of $47,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,340 to $66,430. 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 $38,089, from $47,640, 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 306 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $42,338 — the adjusted value of that $47,640 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 306 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $51,310, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,340 at the tenth percentile, $66,430 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 $42,338.
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 $38,089.
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 $51,310. 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 ($37,340 to $66,430) 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 $42,338 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 $38,089 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.