Parking Attendants in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,139
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$5,181
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,943
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
$30,320
Kept after tax
$25,139
Worth in national money
$27,943
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for parking attendants. The middle earner takes $30,320, ranking 40 of 51 states — about 13.74% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Kansas, this one sits low: 465 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $30,320 you keep $25,139 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $27,943 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $32,520, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 40 of 51 for parking attendants, with a median of $30,320 — about 13.74% 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.
- Parking attendants occupies position 465 of 488 in Kansas's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $25,139 after the full tax stack, from $30,320. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $27,943 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $32,520 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Parking Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $39,300 |
| This salary | $30,320 |
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 | $25,139 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,542 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$629 |
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 | $28,574 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$761 |
| 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 parking attendants in Kansas earn under $30,320 and half over. The published range runs $25,440 at the tenth percentile to $39,300 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 $25,139, worked from $30,320. 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 465 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $27,943 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 465.
- Figures are distribution medians for parking attendants in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $25,440 to $39,300; 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 $25,139, on $30,320 for work ranking 465 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 465 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $27,943, worked from $30,320, 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 465 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $32,520, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $25,440 at the bottom tenth to $39,300 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $27,943.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Kansas's own levy, $25,139 remains.
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 $32,520. 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 ($25,440 to $39,300) 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 $27,943 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 $25,139 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.