Purchasing Managers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$111,892
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$47,958
30.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$124,373
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
$159,850
Kept after tax
$111,892
Worth in national money
$124,373
State rank
10
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for purchasing managers is strong here. Kansas's middle earner gets $159,850, putting the state 10 of 50 — about 7.95% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Kansas reports, purchasing managers comes in at 8 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $159,850 you keep $111,892, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $124,373 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $163,580, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For purchasing managers, Kansas sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $159,850, ranking 10 of 50 and running about 7.95% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Purchasing managers ranks 8 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.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for purchasing managers on $159,850 is $111,892. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $124,373 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 $163,580 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $101,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $159,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $221,670 |
| This salary | $159,850 |
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 | $111,892 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $120,523 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$346 |
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 | $147,222 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$492 |
| 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 $159,850. The published range is $101,890 up to $221,670, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $111,892 take-home in Kansas comes from $159,850. 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 8 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $124,373, the adjusted value of that $159,850 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 8 of 488 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for purchasing managers in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $101,890 to $221,670. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $111,892, from $159,850, 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 8 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $124,373 — the adjusted value of that $159,850 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 8 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $101,890 at the bottom tenth to $221,670 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $124,373.
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 $111,892 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($101,890) and the ninetieth ($221,670) 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 $124,373 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 $111,892 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.