Marriage and Family Therapists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,622
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$15,088
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,603
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
$68,710
Kept after tax
$53,622
Worth in national money
$59,603
State rank
14
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for marriage and family therapists is strong here. Kansas's middle earner gets $68,710, putting the state 14 of 45 — about 2.64% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 144.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $68,710 you keep $53,622 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $59,603 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $71,920, since top earners drag the number up.
- For marriage and family therapists, Kansas sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $68,710, ranking 14 of 45 and running about 2.64% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, marriage and family therapists sits at 144 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.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $53,622 after the full tax stack, from $68,710. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $59,603 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $71,920 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Marriage and Family Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,750 |
| This salary | $68,710 |
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 | $53,622 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,167 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$774 |
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 | $64,022 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,069 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of marriage and family therapists in Kansas earn under $68,710 and half over. The published range runs $46,930 at the tenth percentile to $101,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $53,622, from $68,710, 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 144 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $59,603, the adjusted value of that $68,710 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 144 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for marriage and family therapists in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,930 to $101,750; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $53,622 from $68,710. 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 144 of 488 locally.
- This $59,603 adjusted figure, worked from $68,710, 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 144 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 144 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 $71,920, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,930 at the bottom tenth to $101,750 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Kansas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $59,603 in national terms.
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 $53,622 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $71,920. 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 ($46,930) and the ninetieth ($101,750) 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 $59,603 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 $53,622 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.