Psychiatric Technicians in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,203
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$8,577
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,130
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
$43,780
Kept after tax
$35,203
Worth in national money
$39,130
State rank
25
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 25 of 49 states for psychiatric technicians, with a middle wage of $43,780. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 360.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,780 the take-home is $35,203; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,130 would nationally. The average lands at $42,370, below the middle of the range.
- Kansas ranks 25 of 49 for psychiatric technicians at $43,780. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, psychiatric technicians sits at 360 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for psychiatric technicians in Kansas, on $43,780, is $35,203 — equivalent to $39,130 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 $42,370 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Psychiatric Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,300 |
| This salary | $43,780 |
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 | $35,203 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,357 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$686 |
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 | $41,099 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$830 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,780 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,710 and the ninetieth is $49,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $35,203, from $43,780, 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 360 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $39,130, the adjusted value of that $43,780 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 360 of 488 locally.
- The Kansas median of $43,780 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,710 to $49,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $35,203 from $43,780. 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 360 of 488 locally.
- This $39,130 adjusted figure, worked from $43,780, 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 360 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 360 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 $42,370, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,710 and the top tenth $49,300, 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 $39,130.
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, $35,203 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $42,370. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,710 to $49,300) 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 $39,130 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 $35,203 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.