Office Clerks, General in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,672
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$5,698
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,647
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
$32,370
Kept after tax
$26,672
Worth in national money
$29,647
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays office clerks, general a middle wage of $32,370, 50 of 51 states and about 28.08% 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, office clerks, general ranks 453. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $32,370 you keep $26,672 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $29,647 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $37,330, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas's $32,370 median for office clerks, general places it 50 of 51 states, about 28.08% 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, office clerks, general ranks 453 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.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $26,672 after the full tax stack, from $32,370. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $29,647 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $37,330 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Office Clerks, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $20,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $32,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,170 |
| This salary | $32,370 |
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 | $26,672 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,189 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$638 |
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 | $30,481 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$771 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Kansas earn less than $32,370. The published range is $20,340 up to $60,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $26,672, from $32,370, 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 453 of 488 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,647 uses one figure for the whole of Kansas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 453.
- Reported values are medians; for office clerks, general in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $20,340 to $60,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $26,672 from $32,370. 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 453 of 488 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,647, worked from $32,370, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Kansas address, on work sitting at 453 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 $37,330 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $20,340, the highest tenth $60,170, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $29,647.
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 $26,672 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 $37,330. 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 ($20,340) and the ninetieth ($60,170) 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 $29,647 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 $26,672 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.