Occupational Therapists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,351
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$25,819
26.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,533
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
$99,170
Kept after tax
$73,351
Worth in national money
$81,533
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kansas pays occupational therapists around $99,170 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Kansas reports, occupational therapists comes in at 56 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $99,170 you keep $73,351, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $81,533 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $96,150, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For occupational therapists the Kansas median is $99,170, ranking 25 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Occupational therapists ranks 56 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for occupational therapists on $99,170 is $73,351. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $81,533 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 $96,150 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,950 |
| This salary | $99,170 |
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 | $73,351 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,596 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$652 |
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 | $91,714 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$900 |
| 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 occupational therapists in Kansas earn under $99,170 and half over. The published range runs $66,720 at the tenth percentile to $120,950 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $73,351 take-home in Kansas comes from $99,170. 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 56 of 488.
- Two cautions on $81,533, the adjusted value of that $99,170 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 56 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapists in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $66,720 to $120,950; 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.
- Retained pay of $73,351, from $99,170, 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 56 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 51 for it.
- This $81,533 adjusted figure, worked from $99,170, 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 56 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 56 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 $96,150 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $66,720 at the tenth percentile, $120,950 at the ninetieth.
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 $81,533 in national terms.
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 $73,351.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $96,150. 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 ($66,720 to $120,950) 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 $81,533 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 $73,351 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.