Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,260
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$13,320
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,754
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
$62,580
Kept after tax
$49,260
Worth in national money
$54,754
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $62,580, ranking 28 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 181.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $62,580 you keep $49,260 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $54,754 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $77,340, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel: a median of $62,580, ranking 28 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel sits at 181 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.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $49,260 after the full tax stack, from $62,580. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,754 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $77,340 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $147,800 |
| This salary | $62,580 |
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 | $49,260 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,463 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$766 |
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 | $58,593 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$926 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,580 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,200 and the ninetieth is $147,800 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $49,260, worked from $62,580. 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 181 of 488.
- Two cautions on $54,754, the adjusted value of that $62,580 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 181 of 488 locally.
- The Kansas median of $62,580 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,200 to $147,800. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Kansas take-home of $49,260, on $62,580 for work ranking 181 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 181 of 488 in the state.
- This $54,754 adjusted figure, worked from $62,580, 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 181 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 181 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 $77,340, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $34,200 at the bottom tenth to $147,800 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Kansas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $54,754 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $49,260.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $77,340. 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 ($34,200) and the ninetieth ($147,800) 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 $54,754 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 $49,260 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.