Social and Community Service Managers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,455
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$18,805
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,199
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
$79,260
Kept after tax
$60,455
Worth in national money
$67,199
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Kansas is 24 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $79,260. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Kansas reports, this job comes in at 102 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $79,260 the take-home is $60,455; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,199 would nationally. The average comes to $86,540, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Kansas ranks 24 of 51 for social and community service managers at $79,260. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Social and community service managers ranks 102 of 488 occupations by median in Kansas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for social and community service managers in Kansas, on $79,260, is $60,455 — equivalent to $67,199 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $86,540 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Social and Community Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,070 |
| This salary | $79,260 |
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 | $60,455 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,589 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$732 |
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 | $73,383 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,010 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,260 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $55,690 and the ninetieth is $129,070 — 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 $60,455, worked from $79,260. 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 102 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,199 uses one figure for the whole of Kansas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 102.
- The Kansas median of $79,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $55,690 to $129,070. 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 $60,455, on $79,260 for work ranking 102 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 102 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,199, worked from $79,260, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Kansas address, on work sitting at 102 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 $86,540, 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 $55,690 at the bottom tenth to $129,070 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $67,199 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 $60,455.
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 $86,540. 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 ($55,690) and the ninetieth ($129,070) 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 $67,199 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 $60,455 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.