Hourly pay after taxes in Kansas
$20 an hour in Kansas comes to $1,310.91 every two weeks after taxes, for a single person working full time.
Updated for 2026Checked Oct 29, 2026 against IRS and Kansas Department of Revenue sourcesHow we check
Take-home pay by hourly wage, 2026
| Wage | Two weeks | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $7.25 | $531.02 | $1,151 | $13,807 |
| $18.00 | $1,191.28 | $2,581 | $30,973 |
| $20.00 | $1,310.91 | $2,840 | $34,084 |
| $22.00 | $1,430.54 | $3,100 | $37,194 |
| $25.00 | $1,609.99 | $3,488 | $41,860 |
| $30.00 | $1,909.07 | $4,136 | $49,636 |
| $35.00 | $2,183.92 | $4,732 | $56,782 |
| $40.00 | $2,443.00 | $5,293 | $63,518 |
| $50.00 | $2,961.16 | $6,416 | $76,990 |
Every column after the wage is take-home pay. Each row assumes 40 hours a week all year, one paycheck every two weeks, single, no dependents, and no benefits taken out. The monthly and yearly columns are that paycheck times 26. Use the paycheck calculator for your own hours and deductions.
What comes out of an hourly paycheck
At $25 an hour, a two-week paycheck in Kansas starts at $2,000.00 and ends at $1,609.99.
| Federal income tax | $156.15 |
| Social Security | $124.00 |
| Medicare | $29.00 |
| Kansas income tax | $80.86 |
Kansas taxes wages at 5.2 percent on the first part of taxable income and 5.58 percent above it, after personal and dependent exemptions. Kansas takes no disability or leave premium, and no city or county taxes wages. Federal income tax, Social Security, and Medicare are taken from the same check.
With just two rates close together, the Kansas line behaves almost like a flat tax, and exemptions do most of the shaping.
What changes your number
In Kansas, allowances do the shaping. Form K-4 gives an allowance for the worker, one for a spouse, one for head of household where it applies, and one for each dependent, and each takes pay out of the taxed amount. Two workers at the same wage can see different state lines for that reason alone.
The two-rate shape matters little across this table. Because 5.2 and 5.58 percent sit so close together, moving up a row changes the state share only slightly. Extra hours and overtime are taxed the same way as regular pay.
Hours matter too. At $20 an hour and 30 hours a week instead of 40, a two-week paycheck in Kansas comes to $1,011.20.
The minimum wage in Kansas
The minimum wage in Kansas is $7.25 an hour, and a full-time worker at $7.25 takes home about $1,151 a month. The Kansas law reaches employers that the federal act does not, at the same rate, and no change is scheduled.
Sources and checks
Checked on Oct 29, 2026. Source: Kansas Department of Revenue, KW-100 Kansas Withholding Tax Guide (Rev. 10-24), 'for wages paid on or after July 1, 2024', pages 6, 19, and 20 (ksrevenue.gov/pdf/kw100.pdf, saved as data/sources/kansas/kw100.pdf, read Oct 29, 2026), and 'Tables for Percentage Method of Kansas Withholding' (ksrevenue.gov/pdf/whrates.pdf, saved as data/sources/kansas/whrates.pdf). Kansas Department of Revenue Notice 25-06 (October 2, 2025; ksrevenue.gov/taxnotices/notice25-06.pdf, saved as data/sources/kansas/notice25-06.pdf) says the revenue triggers in SB 269 were not met, so there is no rate reduction for tax year 2026. Exemption amounts: K.S.A. 79-32,121b (saved as data/sources/kansas/ksa-79-32-121b.html).
Disability: Kansas has no state disability or paid-family-leave insurance program funded by a worker payroll deduction: no Kansas statute creates one, and the Kansas Department of Revenue's withholding guide (KW-100, Rev. 10-24) lists Kansas income tax as the only state amount withheld from wages. The Kansas Department of Labor site (dol.ks.gov) refused automated requests on Oct 29, 2026, so no agency page saying 'none' in those words was saved.
Local taxes: K.S.A. 12-140 (ksrevisor.gov, saved as data/sources/kansas/ksa-012-001-40.html, read Oct 29, 2026): 'Except as otherwise specifically authorized by K.S.A. 12-1,101 to 12-1,109, no city shall have power to levy and collect taxes on incomes from whatever source derived' (the exception is the intangibles tax on unearned income, not a wage tax). This covers Kansas City, Kansas, which has no earnings tax. The 1 percent earnings tax a Kansan may see is Kansas City, Missouri's, which applies to people who work in that Missouri city and is a Missouri tax, not a Kansas one. A 2025 bill to let counties levy an earnings tax, SB 108, shows only its introduced version on the Legislature's bill page (kslegislature.gov, saved as data/sources/kansas/sb108-2025.html), and the current county home rule statute, K.S.A. 19-101a (saved as data/sources/kansas/ksa-019-001-01a.html), contains no earnings-tax authority.
Minimum wage: K.S.A. 44-1203(a) (ksrevisor.gov, saved as data/sources/kansas/ksa-044_012_0003.html, read Oct 29, 2026): 'on and after January 1, 2010, employee wages shall be paid at a rate of not less than $7.25 an hour.' The Kansas law covers employers that the federal Fair Labor Standards Act does not cover; employers under the federal act owe the federal $7.25, the same rate. K.S.A. 44-1203(b): 'For employees receiving tips and gratuities, the employer shall pay a minimum wage of at least $2.13 an hour.' No change is scheduled.
Federal withholding: IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A and its "2026 Percentage Method Tables for Automated Payroll Systems and Withholding on Periodic Payments of Pensions and Annuities," pages 10 to 12. Fetched directly from irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf and transcribed Oct 28, 2026.
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