Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,320
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$24,170
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,163
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
$94,490
Kept after tax
$70,320
Worth in national money
$78,163
State rank
30
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Kansas sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $94,490, ranking 30 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Kansas this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 64 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Kansas does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $94,490 you keep $70,320, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $78,163 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $93,900, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Kansas occupies the middle band for software quality assurance analysts and testers: a median of $94,490, ranking 30 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Kansas publishes a median for, software quality assurance analysts and testers sits 64 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Kansas income tax, retained pay for software quality assurance analysts and testers on $94,490 is $70,320. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $78,163 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 $93,900 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,590 |
| This salary | $94,490 |
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 | $70,320 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,304 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$671 |
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 | $87,405 |
|---|---|
| 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 $94,490 as a midpoint for Kansas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $57,050 and the ninetieth is $133,590 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $70,320 take-home in Kansas comes from $94,490. 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 64 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $78,163, the adjusted value of that $94,490 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 64 of 488 in the state.
- The Kansas median of $94,490 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $57,050 to $133,590. 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 $70,320, from $94,490, 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 64 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $78,163 — the adjusted value of that $94,490 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 64 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $57,050 and the top tenth $133,590 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $78,163 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 $70,320 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($57,050) and the ninetieth ($133,590) 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 $78,163 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 $70,320 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.