Residential Advisors in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,642
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$7,038
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,060
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
$37,680
Kept after tax
$30,642
Worth in national money
$34,060
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for residential advisors is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $37,680. That is 35 of 51 states, and about 10.8% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 488 occupations Kansas publishes, residential advisors lands at 414. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $37,680 you keep $30,642 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $34,060 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $41,000, since top earners drag the number up.
- For residential advisors, Kansas sits in the lower band at $37,680, ranking 35 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 10.8%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Kansas, this work ranks 414 of 488 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $30,642 after the full tax stack, from $37,680. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,060 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,000 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,520 |
| This salary | $37,680 |
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 | $30,642 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,456 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$660 |
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 | $35,422 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$799 |
| 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 $37,680. The published range is $24,880 up to $60,520, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $30,642, from $37,680, 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 414 of 488 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $34,060, the adjusted value of that $37,680 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 414 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for residential advisors in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $24,880 to $60,520. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $30,642 from $37,680. 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 414 of 488 locally.
- This $34,060 adjusted figure, worked from $37,680, 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 414 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 414 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 $41,000, 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 $24,880, the highest tenth $60,520, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Kansas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $34,060 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Kansas then takes its own share, leaving $30,642.
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 $41,000. 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 ($24,880) and the ninetieth ($60,520) 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 $34,060 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 $30,642 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.