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Kansas Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Kansas-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Kansas is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Kansas Salaries

How Kansas salaries compare to the national market

Kansas trade wages run about 8% below the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 0.92 Kansas wage index to national medians. Panasonic's multi-billion-dollar EV battery plant in De Soto is the largest construction project in Kansas history, and Wichita's aircraft manufacturers, Spirit AeroSystems, Textron Aviation and Bombardier, keep a deep bench of industrial and aerospace trades in the south of the state. On the tax side, Kansas withholds 5.2% / 5.58% after a large standard exemption, with no local wage tax on top.

Kansas: kansas salary calculator — Kansas wage index 0.92× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~8% below, State income tax 5.2% / 5.58% after a large standard exemption. Simplified outline of Kansas, stylised and not to scale.
Simplified outline of Kansas — a stylised shape, not to scale.
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Kansas trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Kansas-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 0.92 Kansas wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeKansas median / yrNational medianKansas / hr
Electrician$58,130$63,190$27.95
Plumber$58,700$63,800$28.22
HVAC Technician$56,130$61,010$26.99
Pipefitter$58,700$63,800$28.22
Ironworker$57,760$62,780$27.77
Carpenter$55,730$60,580$26.79

Trade pay by Kansas metro

Local BLS medians vs the Kansas state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Kansas City metro (Johnson County)$60,4601.04× state
Wichita$57,5500.99× state
Topeka$55,8000.96× state
Lawrence$55,2200.95× state
What is the Panasonic plant doing to Kansas trade wages?

Tightening the northeast of the state considerably. The De Soto battery facility is the largest construction project Kansas has ever hosted, and it competes for electricians, pipefitters and millwrights with an already busy Kansas City metro. Contractors have raised scale and travel terms to hold crews, and the effect reaches into Lawrence and Topeka.

How accurate is the Kansas benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Kansas wage index (0.92×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Kansas City metro (Johnson County) scale runs above the state figure while rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Kansas salary guide.

Does a Kansas salary go as far as the number suggests?

Not entirely. Kansas withholds 5.2% / 5.58% after a large standard exemption from every paycheck, with no local wage tax on top, which costs roughly $3,705 a year on a $65,000 salary before any local layer. That is why a gross figure here is not directly comparable with one from a no-income-tax state; run both through the Kansas paycheck calculator to compare take-home.

What is the median trade salary in Kansas?

It varies by role: the Kansas electrician median is about $58,130, plumbers $58,700, HVAC technicians $56,130, and pipefitters $58,700 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Kansas-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Kansas wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 0.92 Kansas factor to localise them, reflecting that Kansas gross pay runs about 8% below the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Kansas metros pay trades the most?

The Johnson County side of the Kansas City metro pays the most, about 4% above the state figure, and the De Soto battery plant has tightened that market further. Wichita sits just under the state median on aerospace manufacturing, with Topeka and Lawrence lower.

Do Kansas trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Kansas follows the federal 1.5x-after-40 standard, and the De Soto battery-plant build and Wichita aerospace production schedules have both driven sustained overtime. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 0.92 Kansas wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Kansas Department of Revenue · Kansas Department of Labor. Reviewed 2026-07-25 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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