How does Kansas work out the income tax taken from my paycheck?

The Department of Revenue's percentage method subtracts a withholding allowance amount from the paycheck, which is the personal exemptions on your Form K-4 divided by the pay periods, then reads the tax from a Single or Married table: nothing up to $139 on a biweekly paycheck, 5.2% of the next slice, and above $1,023 a printed $46 plus 5.58% of the excess. For a $60,000 salary with one allowance that is $2,307.69 less $352.31, $1,955.38, which gives $46 + 5.58% × ($1,955.38 − $1,023) = $98.03.

How much is $60,000 a year after tax in Kansas?

For a single employee paid every two weeks with one allowance, a $60,000 salary takes home $1,840.04 a paycheck, or $47,841.10 a year. The year's taxes are $5,020.08 of federal income tax, $2,548.78 of Kansas income tax, $3,720.08 of Social Security and $869.96 of Medicare.

How much is $20 an hour after tax in Kansas?

At 40 hours a week and weekly pay, $20 an hour is $800.00 gross and $655.48 take-home a week for a single employee with one allowance. That is $54.08 of federal income tax, $29.24 of Kansas income tax, $49.60 of Social Security and $11.60 of Medicare. Switch to hourly in the calculator to type your own hours, including overtime.

How many allowances do I put on the Kansas Form K-4?

The K-4's worksheet starts with your allowance rate: Single for a single filer or a married one whose spouse has income, Joint for a married one whose spouse has no income. Then it adds 0 or 1 for the personal allowance, 0 or 1 if you are married with one job and a spouse who does not work, 2 if you will file as head of household, and one for each dependent. The first allowance is worth $9,160 a year (the first two at the Joint rate) and each later one $2,320. On the $60,000 example, zero allowances is $117.69 a paycheck, one is $98.03, two $93.05 and three $88.07.

What if I give my Kansas employer no K-4 or claim an exemption?

Without a K-4 the employer must withhold Kansas tax from your wages with no exemption at the Single allowance rate, which on the $60,000 example is $117.69 a paycheck. To be exempt from withholding you must have had the right to a refund of all Kansas income tax withheld last year because you had no tax liability, and expect a full refund this year too, and you should verify that with the Department.

Why does the Kansas withholding table date from 2024?

The Department of Revenue updated its withholding tables in Notice 24-06 to reflect the new tax rates, the higher standard deduction and the higher personal exemption amount for tax year 2024 and all years after, and the Withholding Tax Guide KW-100 (Rev. 7-24) and the percentage tables for wages paid on and after July 1, 2024 are the latest it has published. The calculator uses them for 2026.

How does Kansas tax a bonus?

Kansas follows the federal choice: when the federal tax on a separately stated bonus is withheld at the flat supplemental rate, Kansas withholds 5% of it, so the Department's example of a $1,000 bonus has $50 withheld. When the bonus is combined with regular pay, the whole payment is taxed as one paycheck. This calculator treats all pay as regular pay, and the bonus tax calculator works out the bonus case.

What does a 401(k) do to my Kansas paycheck?

It lowers the tax. The Department says Kansas withholding is required on a cafeteria, 401(k) or profit-sharing plan only if the federal government considers it wages and federal income tax withholding is required, so a 401(k) deferral comes out of the pay before the table is read. Putting 6% of a $60,000 salary into a 401(k) ($138.46 a paycheck) cuts Kansas withholding by $7.73 and take-home pay by only $114.11.

Who pays unemployment tax in Kansas, and how much is it?

The employer does, to the Department of Labor, and nothing comes out of your paycheck for it. In 2026 the taxable wage base is $15,100 per worker, set for the first time as 25% of the statewide average annual wage, and a new employer outside construction pays 1.75% (a new construction employer pays 5.55%). That is $264 a year for an employee paid $60,000. Kansas is not on the Labor Department's list of states with a 2026 federal credit reduction.

Kansas Paycheck Calculator

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Enter your pay, how often you are paid, the allowances on your Form K-4 and the answers on your Form W-4, and this Kansas paycheck calculator shows your 2026 take-home pay. It follows the Department of Revenue's percentage method, 5.2% and 5.58% of two slices of pay after the allowances, and works out the employer's side of the bill under it.

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I'm paid

Yearly salary (USD)

Pay frequency

Filing status on Form W-4

Kansas withholding

Allowances on Form K-4 (line 4)

1 for you, 1 for a spouse with no income, 2 as head of household, 1 for each dependent; the first (two for a couple with one income) is worth $9,160 a year, the rest $2,320 each.

Form W-4 steps 2 to 4

Step 2 box is checked

Two jobs with similar pay, or both spouses work. Kansas reads this as the Single allowance rate on Form K-4, for a married employee whose spouse has income.

Children under 17

Step 3: $2,200 each.

Other dependents

Step 3: $500 each.

Other income per year

Step 4(a).

Deductions per year

Step 4(b).

Extra withholding each paycheck (USD)

Step 4(c).

401(k), % of pay

2026 limit $24,500.

Health premiums per paycheck

Pre-tax.

HSA per paycheck

2026 limit $8,750.

Take-home pay per paycheck

$1,840.04

$2,307.69 gross · $467.65 withheld (20.3%)

Where this paycheck goes

Gross pay: $2,307.69
Federal income tax: - $193.08
Social Security6.2%: - $143.08
Medicare1.45%: - $33.46
Additional Medicare0.9%: - $0.00
Kansas income tax: - $98.03
401(k): - $0.00
Health premiums: - $0.00
HSA: - $0.00

Take-home pay$1,840.04

Over the year, 26 paychecks

Gross pay: $60,000
Taxes: - $12,159
Pre-tax deductions: - $0
Share kept: 79.7%

Take-home pay$47,841

Of every $100 of gross pay, $80 is take-home.

Federal income tax$5,020 · 8.4%
Social Security$3,720 · 6.2%
Medicare$870 · 1.4%
Kansas income tax$2,549 · 4.2%
Take-home pay$47,841 · 79.7%

Take-home pay rises with every extra dollar of salary.

Gross payTake-home pay

This pay costs the employer $64,896 a year, $2,496.01 each pay period.

What the employer adds, per year

Employer Social Security6.2% to $184,500: $3,720
Employer Medicare1.45%: $870
Federal unemployment (FUTA)0.6% of the first $7,000: $42
Kansas unemployment1.75% of the first $15,100: $264

Employer taxes$4,896

Total cost of the employee

Gross pay: $60,000
Employer taxes: + $4,896
Per pay period: $2,496.01

Per year$64,896

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Kansas takes the value of your allowances off each paycheck, then withholds 5.2% and 5.58% of two slices of pay.

Each allowance on the K-4 is a personal exemption: $9,160 a year for the first one (the first two at the Joint rate for a married employee whose spouse has no income) and $2,320 for each later one. The year's total is divided by the pay periods and subtracted from the paycheck. For a single employee paid every two weeks, nothing is withheld on net pay up to $139, 5.2% of the excess is withheld up to $1,023, and above that it is $46 plus 5.58% of the excess. A married employee has the same rates on larger amounts.

A $60,000 Kansas salary takes home $1,840.04 every two weeks.

The calculator opens on this case: a single employee with one allowance, on a standard Form W-4, paid every two weeks, with no pre-tax deductions.

Gross pay: $60,000 ÷ 26 = $2,307.69
Federal income tax: $193.08
Kansas income tax: $2,307.69 − $9,160 ÷ 26 = $1,955.38; $46 + 5.58% × ($1,955.38 − $1,023) = $98.03
Social Security: 6.2% × $2,307.69 = $143.08; Medicare: 1.45% = $33.46
Take-home pay: $1,840.04 a paycheck, $47,841.10 a year

Of $60,000 gross, $47,841 reaches the bank account.

Federal income tax$5,020 · 8.4%
Social Security$3,720 · 6.2%
Medicare$870 · 1.4%
Kansas income tax$2,549 · 4.2%
Take-home pay$47,841 · 79.7%

Each paycheck: $1,840.04Kept: 79.7%

A single employee on a $60,000 salary, paid every two weeks. Invented example. Each tax is rounded to the cent in every paycheck, as payroll does.

The first allowance is worth $9,160 a year and each later one $2,320, so the first one matters most.

At $60,000 the first allowance lowers each biweekly paycheck's Kansas tax by $19.66, and the second by $4.98, the same as every one after it, so a worksheet that adds a dependent or two changes the tax far less than the first allowance does.

The first allowance takes $19.66 off the Kansas tax of a biweekly paycheck, each later one $4.98.

0 allowances$117.69
1 allowance$98.03
2 allowances$93.05
3 allowances$88.07
5 allowances$78.11

Invented example: a $60,000 salary, single, paid every two weeks. The first allowance is $9,160 a year and each later one $2,320.

A married employee whose spouse has no income gets two full allowances, and one whose spouse works uses the Single rate.

The K-4 asks for an allowance rate that can differ from the federal filing status. Married with a non-working spouse, two allowances at the Joint rate have $66.88 withheld from the $60,000 example. Married with a working spouse, the Single rate with two allowances has $93.05 withheld, and with one $98.03.

The allowance rate on the K-4 sets the Kansas tax of a biweekly paycheck, from $66.88 to $98.03.

Single, 1 allowance$98.03
Joint rate, 2 allowances (spouse has no income)$66.88
Single rate, 2 allowances (spouse has income)$93.05

Invented example: a $60,000 salary, paid every two weeks, no pre-tax deductions. The federal Form W-4 status changes along with the rate.

The share of pay Kansas withholds climbs toward 5.58% as pay rises.

A $30,000 salary has $895.70 withheld over the year with one allowance, and a $150,000 salary $7,570.68.

The share of pay Kansas withholds climbs toward 5.58% as the allowance matters less.

$20,000 a year1.88% of pay, $376
$30,000 a year2.99% of pay, $896
$60,000 a year4.25% of pay, $2,549
$100,000 a year4.78% of pay, $4,781
$150,000 a year5.05% of pay, $7,571

Invented salaries, single, one allowance, paid every two weeks, no pre-tax deductions.

A 401(k) lowers Kansas withholding by $7.73 a paycheck.

A 401(k) deferral of 6% on the $60,000 example is $138.46 a paycheck. Kansas withholds on a cafeteria, 401(k) or profit-sharing plan only when the federal government treats it as wages, so the deferral comes out of the pay before the table is read and take-home pay falls by only $114.11. Social Security and Medicare still apply to a 401(k) deferral.

A 6% 401(k) lowers federal tax by $16.62 and Kansas tax by $7.73 a paycheck.

Federal tax, no 401(k)$193.08
Federal tax, 6% 401(k)$176.46
Kansas tax, no 401(k)$98.03
Kansas tax, 6% 401(k)$90.30

Invented example: a $60,000 salary, single, paid every two weeks. 6% of pay is $138.46 a paycheck.

Hiring that employee costs $64,896 a year in Kansas.

On top of the $60,000, the employer matches Social Security and Medicare at 6.2% and 1.45%, which is $4,590. It pays federal unemployment tax of 0.6% on the first $7,000, which is $42. A new Kansas employer outside construction pays unemployment tax at 1.75% on the first $15,100 of pay, which is $264.25. The employee pays nothing toward it.

On $60,000 of pay, the employer owes $4,896 more in taxes.

Employer Social Security$3,720
Employer Medicare$870
Kansas unemployment$264
Federal unemployment (FUTA)$42

An employee on a $60,000 salary. Kansas unemployment is the 2026 new-employer rate of 1.75% on the first $15,100.

Take-home pay in Kansas runs from $32,887 on $40,000 to $106,220 on $150,000.

For a single employee with one allowance, paid every two weeks. At $100,000 the year's take-home is $74,399. For the neighbor to the south, see the Oklahoma paycheck calculator.

Take-home pay in Kansas for a single employee on a standard Form W-4, paid every two weeks, with no pre-tax deductions. Kansas taxes are its income tax.
Salary	Federal tax	Social Security and Medicare	Kansas taxes	Take-home a year	Every two weeks
$40,000	$2,620	$3,060	$1,433	$32,887	$1,264.90
$50,000	$3,820	$3,825	$1,991	$40,364	$1,552.48
$60,000	$5,020	$4,590	$2,549	$47,841	$1,840.04
$75,000	$7,670	$5,738	$3,386	$58,207	$2,238.72
$100,000	$13,170	$7,650	$4,781	$74,399	$2,861.51
$150,000	$24,734	$11,475	$7,571	$106,220	$4,085.40

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Frequently asked questions

How does Kansas work out the income tax taken from my paycheck?: The Department of Revenue's percentage method subtracts a withholding allowance amount from the paycheck, which is the personal exemptions on your Form K-4 divided by the pay periods, then reads the tax from a Single or Married table: nothing up to $139 on a biweekly paycheck, 5.2% of the next slice, and above $1,023 a printed $46 plus 5.58% of the excess. For a $60,000 salary with one allowance that is $2,307.69 less $352.31, $1,955.38, which gives $46 + 5.58% × ($1,955.38 − $1,023) = $98.03.
How much is $60,000 a year after tax in Kansas?: For a single employee paid every two weeks with one allowance, a $60,000 salary takes home $1,840.04 a paycheck, or $47,841.10 a year. The year's taxes are $5,020.08 of federal income tax, $2,548.78 of Kansas income tax, $3,720.08 of Social Security and $869.96 of Medicare.
How much is $20 an hour after tax in Kansas?: At 40 hours a week and weekly pay, $20 an hour is $800.00 gross and $655.48 take-home a week for a single employee with one allowance. That is $54.08 of federal income tax, $29.24 of Kansas income tax, $49.60 of Social Security and $11.60 of Medicare. Switch to hourly in the calculator to type your own hours, including overtime.
How many allowances do I put on the Kansas Form K-4?: The K-4's worksheet starts with your allowance rate: Single for a single filer or a married one whose spouse has income, Joint for a married one whose spouse has no income. Then it adds 0 or 1 for the personal allowance, 0 or 1 if you are married with one job and a spouse who does not work, 2 if you will file as head of household, and one for each dependent. The first allowance is worth $9,160 a year (the first two at the Joint rate) and each later one $2,320. On the $60,000 example, zero allowances is $117.69 a paycheck, one is $98.03, two $93.05 and three $88.07.
What if I give my Kansas employer no K-4 or claim an exemption?: Without a K-4 the employer must withhold Kansas tax from your wages with no exemption at the Single allowance rate, which on the $60,000 example is $117.69 a paycheck. To be exempt from withholding you must have had the right to a refund of all Kansas income tax withheld last year because you had no tax liability, and expect a full refund this year too, and you should verify that with the Department.
Why does the Kansas withholding table date from 2024?: The Department of Revenue updated its withholding tables in Notice 24-06 to reflect the new tax rates, the higher standard deduction and the higher personal exemption amount for tax year 2024 and all years after, and the Withholding Tax Guide KW-100 (Rev. 7-24) and the percentage tables for wages paid on and after July 1, 2024 are the latest it has published. The calculator uses them for 2026.
How does Kansas tax a bonus?: Kansas follows the federal choice: when the federal tax on a separately stated bonus is withheld at the flat supplemental rate, Kansas withholds 5% of it, so the Department's example of a $1,000 bonus has $50 withheld. When the bonus is combined with regular pay, the whole payment is taxed as one paycheck. This calculator treats all pay as regular pay, and the bonus tax calculator works out the bonus case.
What does a 401(k) do to my Kansas paycheck?: It lowers the tax. The Department says Kansas withholding is required on a cafeteria, 401(k) or profit-sharing plan only if the federal government considers it wages and federal income tax withholding is required, so a 401(k) deferral comes out of the pay before the table is read. Putting 6% of a $60,000 salary into a 401(k) ($138.46 a paycheck) cuts Kansas withholding by $7.73 and take-home pay by only $114.11.
Who pays unemployment tax in Kansas, and how much is it?: The employer does, to the Department of Labor, and nothing comes out of your paycheck for it. In 2026 the taxable wage base is $15,100 per worker, set for the first time as 25% of the statewide average annual wage, and a new employer outside construction pays 1.75% (a new construction employer pays 5.55%). That is $264 a year for an employee paid $60,000. Kansas is not on the Labor Department's list of states with a 2026 federal credit reduction.

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