Managers, All Other Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $132K, rent takes 13.6% 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 managers, all others typically earn — is $64K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,823/month. At HUD’s $1,066/month FMR, rent would take 28% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $132K locally vs. $142K nationally, a 7% difference.

Kansas pays $132K median vs. the U.S. average of $142K — that’s -7%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.54), the purchasing-power equivalent is $147K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $131,710 a year, that works out to about $63 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $63,710, and experienced managers, all others can clear $215,340. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $7,827/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,066/month, which eats 13.6% 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 managers, all other salary is worth about $147,096 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.