Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,391
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$6,279
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,558
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
$34,670
Kept after tax
$28,391
Worth in national money
$31,558
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 32 of 51 states for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs, with a middle wage of $34,670. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Kansas this is lower-paid work. Of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs ranks 448. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $34,670 you keep $28,391 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $31,558 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $34,900, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas ranks 32 of 51 for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs at $34,670. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Kansas reports, shuttle drivers and chauffeurs ranks 448 of 488, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $28,391 after the full tax stack, from $34,670. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $31,558 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $34,900 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,210 |
| This salary | $34,670 |
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 | $28,391 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,037 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$648 |
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 | $32,621 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$783 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $34,670 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $24,880 and the ninetieth is $44,210 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $28,391 take-home in Kansas comes from $34,670. 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 448 of 488.
- Two cautions on $31,558, the adjusted value of that $34,670 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 448 of 488 locally.
- The Kansas median of $34,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $24,880 to $44,210. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $28,391, from $34,670, 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 448 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- This $31,558 adjusted figure, worked from $34,670, 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 448 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 448 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $24,880 and the top tenth $44,210, 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 $31,558.
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 $28,391 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($24,880 to $44,210) 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 $31,558 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 $28,391 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.