Kansas paychecks in 2026: what changed
Kansas income tax rates did not change for 2026.
The changes
- New federal withholding tables. The IRS updated Publication 15-T for 2026, including changes from the 2025 tax law. The standard deduction is $16,100 single, $32,200 married filing jointly, and $24,150 head of household.
- Social Security wage base: $184,500 (up from $176,100). If you earn more, Social Security stops later in the year.
- Tips and overtime deductions for 2025–2028 — see below.
- Rates stay at 5.2% and 5.58%. A state law allows automatic rate cuts when revenue is high enough, but the Department of Revenue announced that there will be no cut for 2026.
- Same withholding tables as those used since July 1, 2024; allowances are still $9,160 (first), $18,320 (first two on Joint) and $2,320 for each one after.
- Minimum wage: still $7.25.
Tips and overtime in 2026
New federal deductions apply for 2025 through 2028: up to $25,000 for qualified tips, and up to $12,500 ($25,000 for joint filers) for the extra "half" of time-and-a-half overtime. Both phase out above $150,000 of income ($300,000 joint).
These are deductions on your tax return. Your employer still takes Social Security and Medicare out of tips and overtime, and still withholds income tax unless you tell it otherwise. If you expect to claim them, you can put the expected amount in Step 4(b) of your W-4 (and in the Step 4(b) box above) so less income tax is withheld during the year.
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Sources
- IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods — Worksheet 1A and the annual percentage-method tables
- IRS Publication 15 (2026), Employer's Tax Guide — Social Security and Medicare rates
- Social Security Administration — 2026 wage base of $184,500
- IRS — tips and overtime deductions
- Kansas Department of Revenue — KW-100 Kansas Withholding Tax Guide — percentage formula method; allowance amounts ($9,160 single, $18,320 joint, $2,320 per dependent or head of household) ÷ pay periods; worked example; rounding to whole dollars optional; 401(k)/cafeteria plans follow federal wages
- Kansas Department of Revenue — Tables for Percentage Method of Kansas Withholding (wages paid on and after July 1, 2024) — Tables 1–8, Single (incl. head of household) and Married; 5.2% and 5.58%
- Kansas Department of Revenue — Form K-4, Kansas Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate (Rev. 7-24) — Single or Joint allowance rate; allowance worksheet; no K-4 means Single with no allowances; line 5 extra withholding
- Kansas Department of Revenue — Notice 24-08, Changes to individual income tax rates, standard deduction and personal exemption (July 1, 2024) — 5.2% up to $23,000 ($46,000 joint), 5.58% above; standard deduction $3,605 single, $8,240 joint, $6,180 head of household; exemptions $9,160 / $18,320 / $2,320 per dependent; tax year 2024 and after
- Kansas Department of Revenue — Notice 25-06, Decreases of income and privilege tax rates (Oct. 2, 2025) — no rate reduction for tax year 2026 under SB 269
- Kansas Department of Revenue — 2026 Kansas Individual Estimated Tax (K-40ES) — 2026 rate schedules and standard deduction chart
- K.S.A. 44-1203 — Minimum wage — $7.25 on and after Jan. 1, 2010; tipped employees at least $2.13 an hour; does not apply to employers covered by the federal FLSA
- K.S.A. 44-1204 — Overtime compensation — time-and-a-half after 46 hours in a workweek (state law)
- U.S. Department of Labor — State Minimum Wage Laws — Kansas $7.25; state law excludes employment subject to the federal FLSA
- U.S. Department of Labor — Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees — Kansas: $7.25 combined rate, $5.12 tip credit, $2.13 cash wage
- K.S.A. 44-314 — Payment of wages — at least once each calendar month; pay period ends no more than 15 days before payday
- K.S.A. 44-315 — Discharged or quitting employees — earned wages by the next regular payday
- Kansas Department of Labor — Wage Claims and Hearing Procedures — Wage Claim form K-ESLR 105, returned by email or mail