Software Developers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,581
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$30,839
27.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$91,792
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
$113,420
Kept after tax
$82,581
Worth in national money
$91,792
State rank
42
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Kansas pays software developers a middle wage of $113,420, 42 of 50 states and about 16.59% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Kansas reports, software developers comes in at 31 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $113,420 you keep $82,581 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $91,792 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $116,560, since top earners drag the number up.
- Kansas's $113,420 median for software developers places it 42 of 50 states, about 16.59% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Software developers ranks 31 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.
- Retained pay in Kansas is $82,581 after the full tax stack, from $113,420. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $91,792 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $116,560 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Software Developers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $165,740 |
| This salary | $113,420 |
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 | $82,581 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,621 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$595 |
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 | $104,834 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$821 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $113,420 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $71,690 and the ninetieth is $165,740 — 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 $82,581, worked from $113,420. 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 31 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $91,792 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 31.
- The Kansas median of $113,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $71,690 to $165,740. 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 $82,581, on $113,420 for work ranking 31 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 31 of 488 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $91,792, worked from $113,420, 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 31 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $71,690, the highest tenth $165,740, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $91,792.
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 $82,581.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($71,690) and the ninetieth ($165,740) 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 $91,792 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 $82,581 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.