Average Salary in Kansas (KS)

Kansas is the centre of the US aviation industry by manufacturing output — Wichita has produced the majority of general-aviation aircraft in the country for decades, with Spirit AeroSystems (Boeing's largest supplier), Textron Aviation (Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker), and Bombardier Learjet all operating major plants in the metro. The $69,747 median household income is close to the national average, and the cost-of-living index of 89 — 11% below the national baseline — gives Kansas households among the strongest effective purchasing power in the country. Agriculture (wheat, sorghum, cattle — Kansas is the largest wheat-producing state) and healthcare fill out the other two main employment clusters. The state income tax has three brackets (3.1% to 5.7%) and has been the subject of repeated policy debate since the failed 2012 tax experiment under Governor Brownback; the current structure represents a more gradual, solvency-focused approach. The $7.25/hour minimum wage remains at the federal floor. Kansas City on the Kansas side is economically integrated with its Missouri-side counterpart, which makes local tax and employment figures harder to interpret without looking at the metro as a whole. Full data follows.