Real Estate Sales Agents in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,205
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$7,565
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,797
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
$39,770
Kept after tax
$32,205
Worth in national money
$35,797
State rank
46
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas is among the lower-paying states for real estate sales agents. The middle earner takes $39,770, ranking 46 of 48 states — about 24.72% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Kansas, this one sits low: 397 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $39,770 you keep $32,205, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $35,797 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $47,960, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Kansas ranks 46 of 48 for real estate sales agents, with a median of $39,770 — about 24.72% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Real estate sales agents occupies position 397 of 488 in Kansas's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for real estate sales agents on $39,770 is $32,205. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $35,797 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 $47,960 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Real Estate Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,760 |
| This salary | $39,770 |
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 | $32,205 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,135 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$669 |
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 | $37,367 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$809 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of real estate sales agents in Kansas earn under $39,770 and half over. The published range runs $30,190 at the tenth percentile to $83,760 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $32,205, worked from $39,770. 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 397 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,797, the adjusted value of that $39,770 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 397 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for real estate sales agents in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,190 to $83,760; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Kansas take-home of $32,205, on $39,770 for work ranking 397 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 397 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $35,797 — the adjusted value of that $39,770 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 397 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 $47,960, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $30,190, the highest tenth $83,760, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $35,797.
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, $32,205 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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $47,960. 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 ($30,190) and the ninetieth ($83,760) 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 $35,797 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 $32,205 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.