Pharmacy Aides in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,447
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$5,623
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,397
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
$32,070
Kept after tax
$26,447
Worth in national money
$29,397
State rank
44
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for pharmacy aides is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $32,070. That is 44 of 48 states, and about 14.89% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 488 occupations Kansas publishes, pharmacy aides lands at 455. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $32,070 the take-home is $26,447; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $29,397 would nationally. The average comes to $32,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For pharmacy aides, Kansas sits in the lower band at $32,070, ranking 44 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 14.89%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Kansas, this work ranks 455 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for pharmacy aides in Kansas, on $32,070, is $26,447 — equivalent to $29,397 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 $32,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Aides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $32,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $41,980 |
| This salary | $32,070 |
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 | $26,447 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,948 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$637 |
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 | $30,202 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$770 |
| 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 $32,070. The published range is $24,100 up to $41,980, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $26,447, from $32,070, 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 455 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $29,397, the adjusted value of that $32,070 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 455 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for pharmacy aides in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $24,100 to $41,980. 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 $26,447 from $32,070. 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 455 of 488 locally.
- This $29,397 adjusted figure, worked from $32,070, 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 455 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 455 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $24,100 and the top tenth $41,980, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $29,397 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $26,447.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($24,100 to $41,980) 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 $29,397 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 $26,447 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.