Project Management Specialists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,895
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$26,115
26.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,138
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
$100,010
Kept after tax
$73,895
Worth in national money
$82,138
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 22 of 51 states for project management specialists, with a middle wage of $100,010. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, project management specialists ranks 53 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $100,010 you keep $73,895 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $82,138 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $106,050, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 22 of 51 for project management specialists at $100,010. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, project management specialists sits 53 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $73,895 after the full tax stack, from $100,010. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $82,138 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $106,050 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,000 |
| This salary | $100,010 |
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 | $73,895 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,187 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$648 |
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 | $92,488 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$896 |
| 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 $100,010. The published range is $59,540 up to $165,000, 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 $73,895, worked from $100,010. 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 53 of 488.
- Two cautions on $82,138, the adjusted value of that $100,010 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 53 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for project management specialists in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,540 to $165,000. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Kansas take-home of $73,895, on $100,010 for work ranking 53 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 53 of 488 in the state.
- This $82,138 adjusted figure, worked from $100,010, 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 53 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 53 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $106,050, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $59,540 and the top tenth $165,000 — 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 $82,138.
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, $73,895 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $106,050. 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 ($59,540) and the ninetieth ($165,000) 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 $82,138 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 $73,895 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.