Manicurists and Pedicurists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,595
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$5,335
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,450
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
$30,930
Kept after tax
$25,595
Worth in national money
$28,450
State rank
42
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays manicurists and pedicurists a middle wage of $30,930, 42 of 49 states and about 13.51% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Kansas this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, manicurists and pedicurists ranks 462. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $30,930 the take-home is $25,595; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $28,450 would nationally. The average comes to $33,430, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas's $30,930 median for manicurists and pedicurists places it 42 of 49 states, about 13.51% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Kansas reports, manicurists and pedicurists ranks 462 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for manicurists and pedicurists in Kansas, on $30,930, is $25,595 — equivalent to $28,450 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 $33,430 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Manicurists and Pedicurists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,820 |
| This salary | $30,930 |
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 | $25,595 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,032 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$632 |
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 | $29,141 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$764 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $30,930 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $21,320 and the ninetieth is $44,820 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $25,595, worked from $30,930. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 462 of 488.
- Two cautions on $28,450, the adjusted value of that $30,930 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 462 of 488 locally.
- The Kansas median of $30,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $21,320 to $44,820. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Kansas take-home of $25,595, on $30,930 for work ranking 462 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 462 of 488 in the state.
- This $28,450 adjusted figure, worked from $30,930, 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 462 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 462 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 $33,430 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 $21,320 at the bottom tenth to $44,820 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $28,450 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $25,595 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 49 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 $33,430. 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 ($21,320) and the ninetieth ($44,820) 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 $28,450 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 $25,595 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.