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Kansas Paycheck Calculator 2026

Updated 2026-09-21 · 2026 IRS and Social Security figures · how we calculate

Enter your pay and your K-4 details to see what lands in your bank account. Kansas taxes wages at 5.2% and 5.58% in 2026 — we show each step of the state's withholding table.

On Form K-4, married people whose spouse has income mark Single; Joint is for a spouse with no income. If you never filled in a K-4, your employer uses Single with 0 allowances.
Line 4 of your K-4 (the total from worksheet line F): 1 for yourself, 1 for a spouse with no income, 2 for head of household, plus your dependents.
Line 5 of your K-4, if you asked for more to be withheld. 0 if none.
Tips, 401(k), health insurance and W-4 details
Tips you report to your employer are taxed like wages
Roth 401(k), union dues
$2,200 per child under 17, $500 per other dependent
$1,696.26take-home pay every two weeks · 80% of gross · $44,102.70 a year
Per paycheckAmountPer year
Gross pay$2,115.38$55,000.00
Federal income tax · withheld−$170.00−$4,420.00
Social Security (6.2%)−$131.15−$3,410.00
Medicare (1.45%)−$30.67−$797.50
Kansas income tax · withheld−$87.30−$2,269.80
Take-home pay$1,696.26$44,102.70
How the federal income tax was worked out
Pay subject to income tax, for the year · $2,115.38 × 26 paychecks$55,000.00
Minus the IRS withholding allowance · Pub 15-T Worksheet 1A, line 1g−$8,600.00
Adjusted yearly wage$46,400.00
Tax from the IRS yearly table · standard table$4,420.00
Federal income tax per paycheck · divided by 26$170.00

IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A — the percentage method payroll software uses for a Form W-4 from 2020 or later. Your employer's figure can differ by a few cents because of rounding.

How the Kansas income tax was worked out
Pay subject to Kansas tax this paycheck · after pre-tax 401(k) and benefits$2,115.38
Minus K-4 allowances · 1 allowance, Single rate: $9,160 a year ÷ 26−$352.31
Net wage for the withholding table · Table 2, Single$1,763.07
Base amount from the table · row starting at $1,023$46.00
Plus 5.58% of pay over $1,023$41.30
Kansas income tax this paycheck · employers may round to the nearest dollar ($87.00)$87.30

What comes out of a Kansas paycheck

Kansas has a graduated income tax with two rates: 5.2% and 5.58%. Employers withhold it with the Kansas Department of Revenue's percentage method from its KW-100 guide:

  1. Start with your pay subject to income tax for this paycheck. A traditional 401(k) or pre-tax health plan that is left out of federal income tax wages is left out for Kansas too.
  2. Subtract your K-4 allowances. Your first allowance is worth $9,160 a year. On the Joint rate your first two are worth $18,320. Each allowance after that is worth $2,320. The yearly total is split across your paychecks — for example, one Single allowance is $352.31 every two weeks.
  3. Find what's left in the Single or Married table for your pay period. The first slice has no withholding. After that the table takes 5.2% of each dollar, and 5.58% on the top slice.
  4. Add any extra amount you asked for on line 5 of your K-4.

Employers may round Kansas withholding to the nearest whole dollar, but they don't have to. We show it to the cent. The only Kansas line in this calculator is income tax.

What's different about Kansas

A tax-free first slice of pay

Over a full year, the Single table has no withholding on the first $3,605 after allowances, and the Married table on the first $8,240. Those match the Kansas standard deduction for single filers and for married couples filing jointly. The 5.2% rate then covers the next $23,000 (Single) or $46,000 (Married). Paid twice a month, the Single table starts taxing at $150 and the Married table at $343.

Your K-4: Single or Joint

Form K-4 is the Kansas version of the W-4. It asks for an "allowance rate" as well as a number of allowances. If you are single, mark Single. If you are married and your spouse has income, you also mark Single. Joint is only for a married person whose spouse has no income. The Joint rate uses the Married table, and your first two allowances are worth $18,320 together. The K-4 worksheet counts 1 for yourself, 1 for a spouse with no income, 2 if you will file as head of household, and 1 for each dependent. Head of household uses the Single table.

No K-4 on file

If your employer doesn't have a K-4 from you, it must withhold at the Single rate with no allowances. Enter Single and 0 above to match. Every-two-weeks pay would then be taxed from $139, with no allowance taken off first.

Paydays and your last paycheck

Kansas employers must pay all wages due at least once each calendar month, and a pay period can end no more than 15 days before its payday. If you quit or are let go, your earned wages are due by the next regular payday. If you believe you were not paid all the wages you earned, you can file a wage claim with the Kansas Department of Labor on its Wage Claim form, by email or by mail.

Why your paycheck might differ from this

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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Questions

What is the Kansas income tax rate in 2026?

5.2% on taxable income up to $23,000 for single filers ($46,000 for married couples filing jointly), and 5.58% above that.

How much is taken out of a $1,000 paycheck in Kansas?

For a single filer paid every two weeks with nothing else on the W-4, a $1,000 paycheck has about $38.08 of federal income tax, $62.00 of Social Security and $14.50 of Medicare taken out, $26.45 of Kansas income tax, leaving $858.97. Enter your own details in the calculator for your exact figure.

What is $20 an hour after taxes in Kansas?

Working 40 hours a week and paid every two weeks, $20 an hour is $1,600.00 before tax and about $1,310.91 after tax per paycheck — $34,083.56 a year — for a single filer with a standard W-4.

Who marks Single and who marks Joint on the K-4?

The K-4 itself says: Single if you are single or your spouse has income, Joint if you are married and your spouse has no income. Joint uses the Married table and bigger allowances, so less is withheld.

How much is a Kansas withholding allowance worth?

The first is $9,160 a year (the first two are $18,320 on the Joint rate), and each one after that is $2,320, divided by your number of paychecks.

When do I get my last paycheck in Kansas?

Your employer must pay your earned wages by the next regular payday, whether you quit or were let go.