Psychiatrists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$186,227
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$91,873
33.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$206,999
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
$278,100
Kept after tax
$186,227
Worth in national money
$206,999
State rank
23
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for psychiatrists. The median is $278,100, ranking 23 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, psychiatrists ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $278,100 you keep $186,227, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $206,999 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $265,280, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for psychiatrists: a median of $278,100, ranking 23 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, psychiatrists sits 1 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for psychiatrists on $278,100 is $186,227. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $206,999 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $265,280 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Psychiatrists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $147,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $278,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $339,990 |
| This salary | $278,100 |
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 | $186,227 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $201,456 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$314 |
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 | $254,638 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$486 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $278,100 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $147,070 and the ninetieth is $339,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $186,227 take-home in Kansas comes from $278,100. 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 1 of 488.
- Two cautions on $206,999, the adjusted value of that $278,100 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 1 of 488 locally.
- The Kansas median of $278,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $147,070 to $339,990. 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 $186,227, from $278,100, 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 1 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 46 for it.
- This $206,999 adjusted figure, worked from $278,100, 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 1 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 1 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 $265,280, 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 $147,070 and the top tenth $339,990, 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 $206,999.
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, $186,227 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $265,280. 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 ($147,070 to $339,990) 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 $206,999 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 $186,227 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.