Occupational Therapy Assistants in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,077
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$13,933
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,774
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
$65,010
Kept after tax
$51,077
Worth in national money
$56,774
State rank
34
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $65,010, ranking 34 of 50 states — about 10.08% 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 160.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $65,010 the take-home is $51,077; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,774 would nationally. The average comes to $66,420, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas ranks 34 of 50 for occupational therapy assistants, with a median of $65,010 — about 10.08% 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, occupational therapy assistants sits at 160 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.
- Post-tax income for occupational therapy assistants in Kansas, on $65,010, is $51,077 — equivalent to $56,774 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 $66,420 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,410 |
| This salary | $65,010 |
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 | $51,077 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,416 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$776 |
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 | $60,854 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$939 |
| 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 therapy assistants in Kansas earn under $65,010 and half over. The published range runs $55,120 at the tenth percentile to $77,410 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $51,077, worked from $65,010. 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 160 of 488.
- Two cautions on $56,774, the adjusted value of that $65,010 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 160 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapy assistants in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $55,120 to $77,410; 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.
- The Kansas take-home of $51,077, on $65,010 for work ranking 160 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 160 of 488 in the state.
- This $56,774 adjusted figure, worked from $65,010, 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 160 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 160 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $55,120 at the bottom tenth to $77,410 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $56,774 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 $51,077 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 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($55,120 to $77,410) 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 $56,774 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 $51,077 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.