Speech-Language Pathologists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,012
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$19,108
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,818
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
$80,120
Kept after tax
$61,012
Worth in national money
$67,818
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for speech-language pathologists is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $80,120. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 18.14% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Kansas. It ranks 96 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $80,120 the take-home is $61,012; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,818 would nationally. The average comes to $82,760, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For speech-language pathologists, Kansas sits in the lower band at $80,120, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 18.14%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Kansas, speech-language pathologists ranks 96 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for speech-language pathologists in Kansas, on $80,120, is $61,012 — equivalent to $67,818 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 $82,760 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Speech-Language Pathologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,390 |
| This salary | $80,120 |
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 | $61,012 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,194 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$728 |
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 | $74,175 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,006 |
| 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 speech-language pathologists in Kansas earn under $80,120 and half over. The published range runs $59,390 at the tenth percentile to $108,390 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Kansas's $61,012, worked from $80,120. 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 96 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Kansas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $67,818, the adjusted value of that $80,120 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 96 of 488 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for speech-language pathologists in Kansas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $59,390 to $108,390; 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.
- The Kansas take-home of $61,012, on $80,120 for work ranking 96 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 96 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Kansas, so $67,818 — the adjusted value of that $80,120 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 96 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $82,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $59,390 and the top tenth $108,390, so most people doing this work in Kansas sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $67,818 in national terms.
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 $61,012 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.
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 $82,760. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($59,390 to $108,390) 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 $67,818 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 $61,012 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.