Median pay · Kansas
$29,490A year. BLS publishes no hourly wage for this occupation.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile1 in 10 earn less | $21,800 | Not published |
| 25th percentile | $23,930 | Not published |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $29,490 | Not published |
| 75th percentile | $35,510 | Not published |
| 90th percentile1 in 10 earn more | $38,190 | Not published |
| MeanAll pay divided by all jobs | $30,460 | Not published |
Wage survey · BLS May 2025
How we got this
- Median wage in KansasBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of the people in this job were paid more than this, half less.$29,490
- Take-home after federal, state and FICA tax$2,084 a month at an effective rate of 15.2%.$25,006 a year
- Worth at national average pricesPrices in Kansas sit at 90.1 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$32,742
- Against the national medianThe national median is $36,780.19.8% below
- Jobs countedA concentration of 1.52 against the nation's 1.00.20,000
What we assumed
- Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
- OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
- Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
- BLS publishes only an annual wage for this occupation, because a standard 2,080-hour year would misdescribe it.
- Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details
Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1
What lands in the bank
Tax year 2026 · InteractiveEstimated on the median salary of $29,490 in Kansas, for a single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026. Explore other wage levels and filing statuses below.
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What $29,490 is worth in Kansas
Prices in Kansas sit at 90.1 against a national average of 100, so $29,490 earned here buys what $32,742 buys at national average prices.
- Rents. 71.2 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
- Against local households. The median household in Kansas takes in $74,275, so this occupation's median is 0.4 times that, on one income.
- How common the job is here. 52% more concentrated in Kansas than in the country as a whole.
Reading the numbers
What stands out for teaching assistants in Kansas
Rents in Kansas index at 71.2 (U.S. = 100) while prices overall index at 90.1, a gap of -18.9 pts. For a renter, housing moves the local cost of living more than anything else.
Prices in Kansas index at 90.1 (U.S. = 100), so the $29,490 median buys roughly what $32,742 would at national prices, $3,252 more.
The median for this job is 0.4 times the median household income in Kansas ($74,275). Many households have two earners, so one paycheck at this level falls short of what a typical local household brings in.
Kansas employs 20,000 teaching assistants, and the job is 1.5 times as concentrated here as in the country as a whole.
Common questions
Teaching Assistant pay in Kansas, answered
How much does a teaching assistant make in Kansas?
The median wage for teaching assistants in Kansas is $29,490 a year.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
What is the average teaching assistant salary in Kansas?
BLS’s mean (average) wage for teaching assistants in Kansas is $30,460 a year. The median is $29,490.
The mean sits higher when a smaller group of high earners pulls the average up. For a typical paycheck, the median is the better middle.
What is the starting salary for a teaching assistant in Kansas?
BLS does not publish starting pay. The closest figure it does publish is the low end of the range: in Kansas, the lowest-paid 10% of teaching assistants earn under $21,800 a year and a quarter earn under $23,930.
New hires often start somewhere in that band, but the May 2025 survey does not record experience, so read it as a floor to compare an offer against rather than a typical first salary.
What is the salary range for a teaching assistant in Kansas?
The overall salary range for teaching assistants in Kansas spans from $21,800 for the bottom 10% to $38,190 for top earners.
The middle 50% earn between $23,930 and $35,510 a year, with the overall median at $29,490.
What is the take-home pay for a teaching assistant in Kansas?
On the median wage of $29,490, a single filer taking the 2026 standard deduction keeps an estimated $25,006 a year, or roughly $2,084 a month.
That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 15.2%.
Kansas takes $870 of it in state income tax.
How much does a teaching assistant make a month in Kansas?
On the median annual salary of $29,490, estimated take-home pay is roughly $2,084 a month after federal, state, and FICA taxes.
For workers paid on a standard biweekly schedule (26 pay periods per year), each paycheck is approximately $962 net.
Do teaching assistants earn more in Kansas than in the rest of the country?
No. The median in Kansas is 19.8% below the national median of $36,780.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Kansas sit at 90.1 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
Is $29,490 a good salary in Kansas?
It is 0.4 times the median household income of $74,275. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Kansas run at 90.1 against a national average of 100, with rents at 71.2, so $29,490 here buys about what $32,742 buys at national average prices.
What do the highest-paid teaching assistants earn in Kansas?
The top tenth earn $38,190 a year or more. The 10th-percentile wage is $21,800.
Experience, specialty, employer and the part of Kansas someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
How many teaching assistants are there in Kansas?
The survey counted 20,000 of these jobs in Kansas for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 52% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.