Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $57K, rent takes 28.3% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,066/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycares typically earn — is $41K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,465/month. At HUD’s $1,066/month FMR, rent would take 43% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $57K locally vs. $59K nationally, a 4% difference.

Kansas pays $57K median vs. the U.S. average of $59K — that’s -4%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.54), the purchasing-power equivalent is $64K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $56,970 a year, that works out to about $27 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $41,080, and experienced education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycares can clear $82,480. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,769/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,066/month, which eats 28.3% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Kansas has a Regional Price Parity of 89.54 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare salary is worth about $63,625 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.