What is the average wage in Kansas?
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About $1.1K per week in August 2025, 1.1% higher than a year before. The average weekly wage, the typical earnings that employees bring home for one week of work, is a valuable indicator to assess economic conditions, labor market health, and wage trends. When accounting for the cost of living, Kansas’s average weekly wage of $1,073 has the purchasing power of $1,193.
$1.1K
average weekly earnings, August 2025
1.1%
higher than a year before (adjusted for inflation)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases monthly statistics tracking the wages of all employees who don’t work for the government. In August 2025, the average weekly wage in Kansas was $1,073. That represents the wages of 1.2 million private-sector workers in the state.
As of August 2025, average weekly earnings for workers in Kansas was lower than the US overall.
12-month rolling average of average weekly earnings, adjusted for inflation
As with other averages, most people earn more or less than the average weekly wage. Pay varies based on industry and occupation.
In Kansas, workers in the professional and business services sector had the highest average weekly earnings at $1,402 per week, as of August 2025. Leisure and hospitality workers had the lowest average weekly wage at $460.
In Kansas, professional and business services workers had the highest average weekly wage.
Cost of living, which also varies based on location, impacts how far a person’s earnings can go. Someone earning the weekly average will have more or less purchasing power depending on location. In Kansas, cost of living is lower than the US overall, and the state’s average weekly wage of $1,073 has purchasing power equal to $1,193.
Kansas’ average weekly wage is below the national average, ranking 40th among states. When accounting for regional cost of living differences, Kansas ranks 27th among states.
Accounting for cost of living, Kansas had an average weekly wage of $1,193 in August 2025.
Average weekly wage, August 2025, adjusted with regional price parity (2023)
Among 5 metro areas at least partially located in Kansas, the Manhattan, KS area has the highest average weekly wage at $1,250, when accounting for the cost of living.
Among Kansas metro areas, the Manhattan, KS area had the highest wages, accounting for cost of living.
Average weekly wage, August 2025, adjusted with regional price parity (2023)
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