Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,363
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$6,607
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,639
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
$35,970
Kept after tax
$29,363
Worth in national money
$32,639
State rank
21
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 21 of 46 states for this job, with a middle wage of $35,970. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Kansas this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 433. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $35,970 you keep $29,363, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $32,639 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $31,720, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Kansas ranks 21 of 46 for personal care and service workers, all other at $35,970. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Kansas reports, personal care and service workers, all other ranks 433 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for personal care and service workers, all other on $35,970 is $29,363. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $32,639 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 $31,720 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $15,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,540 |
| This salary | $35,970 |
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 | $29,363 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,082 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$653 |
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 | $33,831 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$790 |
| 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 personal care and service workers, all other in Kansas earn under $35,970 and half over. The published range runs $15,080 at the tenth percentile to $45,540 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $29,363, from $35,970, 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 433 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,639, the adjusted value of that $35,970 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 433 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for personal care and service workers, all other in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $15,080 to $45,540; 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 $29,363 from $35,970. 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 433 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $32,639 — the adjusted value of that $35,970 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 433 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 $31,720, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $15,080 and the top tenth $45,540 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $32,639.
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 $29,363 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 46 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 $31,720. 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 ($15,080) and the ninetieth ($45,540) 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 $32,639 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 $29,363 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.