Physical Therapist Assistants in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,695
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$13,805
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,350
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
$64,500
Kept after tax
$50,695
Worth in national money
$56,350
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kansas pays physical therapist assistants around $64,500 at the midpoint, 29 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Physical therapist assistants ranks 166 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $64,500 the take-home is $50,695; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,350 would nationally. The average comes to $66,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For physical therapist assistants the Kansas median is $64,500, ranking 29 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 166 of 488 in Kansas places physical therapist assistants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for physical therapist assistants in Kansas, on $64,500, is $50,695 — equivalent to $56,350 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 $66,320 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,550 |
| This salary | $64,500 |
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 | $50,695 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,006 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$774 |
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 | $60,380 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$936 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,500 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $52,520 and the ninetieth is $79,550 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $50,695 take-home in Kansas comes from $64,500. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 166 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,350 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 166.
- The Kansas median of $64,500 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $52,520 to $79,550. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $50,695, from $64,500, assumes a single Kansas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 166 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,350, worked from $64,500, 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 166 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $52,520 at the tenth percentile, $79,550 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Kansas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $56,350 in national terms.
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 $50,695 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($52,520 to $79,550) 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 $56,350 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 $50,695 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.