Postmasters and Mail Superintendents in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,406
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$23,674
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,148
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
$93,080
Kept after tax
$69,406
Worth in national money
$77,148
State rank
37
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays this job a middle wage of $93,080, 37 of 50 states and about 3.7% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Kansas reports, this job comes in at 67 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $93,080 the take-home is $69,406; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $77,148 would nationally. The average comes to $94,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas's $93,080 median for postmasters and mail superintendents places it 37 of 50 states, about 3.7% 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.
- Postmasters and mail superintendents ranks 67 of 488 occupations by median in Kansas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for postmasters and mail superintendents in Kansas, on $93,080, is $69,406 — equivalent to $77,148 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 $94,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,960 |
| This salary | $93,080 |
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 | $69,406 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,312 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$676 |
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 | $86,107 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$934 |
| 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 $93,080. The published range is $85,090 up to $102,960, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $69,406, worked from $93,080. 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 67 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,148 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 67.
- Reported values are medians; for postmasters and mail superintendents in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $85,090 to $102,960. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Kansas take-home of $69,406, on $93,080 for work ranking 67 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 67 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,148, worked from $93,080, 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 67 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $85,090 and the top tenth $102,960, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $77,148.
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, $69,406 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($85,090 to $102,960) 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 $77,148 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 $69,406 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.