Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,450
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$8,660
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,404
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
$44,110
Kept after tax
$35,450
Worth in national money
$39,404
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Kansas pays this job around $44,110 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 359 among 488 occupations Kansas publishes pay for.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $44,110 you keep $35,450, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,404 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $44,870, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks the Kansas median is $44,110, ranking 30 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 359 of 488 in Kansas places shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks on $44,110 is $35,450. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,404 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 $44,870 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,680 |
| This salary | $44,110 |
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 | $35,450 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,622 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$688 |
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 | $41,406 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$832 |
| 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 shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Kansas earn under $44,110 and half over. The published range runs $33,550 at the tenth percentile to $58,680 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Kansas the take-home figure of $35,450, from $44,110, 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 359 of 488 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,404, the adjusted value of that $44,110 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 359 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,550 to $58,680; 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.
- Take-home for Kansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $35,450 from $44,110. 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 359 of 488 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $39,404 — the adjusted value of that $44,110 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 359 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,550 and the top tenth $58,680, 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 $39,404.
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 $35,450.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,550 to $58,680) 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 $39,404 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 $35,450 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.