Managers, All Other in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,229
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$37,481
28.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$104,740
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
$131,710
Kept after tax
$94,229
Worth in national money
$104,740
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for managers, all other. The median is $131,710, ranking 22 of 51 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, managers, all other comes in at 16 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $131,710 you keep $94,229 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $104,740 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $138,470, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for managers, all other: a median of $131,710, ranking 22 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Managers, all other ranks 16 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.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $94,229 after the full tax stack, from $131,710. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $104,740 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $138,470 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Managers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $215,340 |
| This salary | $131,710 |
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 | $94,229 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,290 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$505 |
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 | $121,392 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$718 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $131,710 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $63,710 and the ninetieth is $215,340 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $94,229, from $131,710, 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 16 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $104,740, the adjusted value of that $131,710 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 16 of 488 in the state.
- The Kansas median of $131,710 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $63,710 to $215,340. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $94,229 from $131,710. 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 16 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $104,740 — the adjusted value of that $131,710 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 16 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 $138,470 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 $63,710 at the bottom tenth to $215,340 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 $104,740.
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 $94,229 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $138,470. 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 ($63,710) and the ninetieth ($215,340) 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 $104,740 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 $94,229 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.