Kansas minimum wage 2026
OfficialThe Kansas rate, the next increase and a full-time paycheck after tax.
- Minimum wage
- $7.25
- an hour
- Next rate
- none scheduled
- Full time, after tax
- $13,806
- a year
- Rank
- #32 of 51
- by minimum wage, 1 is the highest (tied)
What is the minimum wage in Kansas in 2026?
Will the Kansas minimum wage go up in 2027?
No increase is scheduled, so it stays at $7.25 an hour in 2027.
$7.25 an hour
- Today, November 1, 2026
How much is minimum wage a year in Kansas?
Full time, a Kansas minimum wage job pays $15,080 a year before tax.
- A year
- $15,080
- A month
- $1,256.67
- Every two weeks
- $580.00
- A week
- $290.00
How this is calculated
- The hourly rate times 40 hours a week times 52 weeks.
How much is a minimum wage paycheck after taxes in Kansas?
After taxes, full-time minimum wage work in Kansas takes home $13,806 a year. Each paycheck every two weeks comes to $531.00. It takes 150.7 hours of work to take home $1,000. The Kansas paycheck calculator shows any other wage or hours.
- Take-home per year
- $13,806
- Every two weeks
- $531.00
- Per hour after tax
- $6.64
- In national prices
- $15,328
How this is calculated
- Full-time pay of $15,080 through federal, Social Security, Medicare and Kansas taxes for 2026.
- The reference worker is a single filer with one job, paid every two weeks, with a standard Form W-4 and no pre-tax deductions, under 65.
Is $20 an hour good pay in Kansas?
It is below the middle: $20 an hour is more than 37% of Kansas workers earn, but less than half of them. The Kansas median wage is $23.08 an hour.
Wage statistics cover employees in all jobs, full and part time, not the self-employed.
What is the tipped minimum wage in Kansas?
Tipped workers in Kansas can be paid $2.13 an hour if tips bring them to at least $7.25.
The employer must make up the difference in any week tips fall short.
How has the Kansas minimum wage changed?
It has been $7.25 an hour since July 24, 2009, when the federal minimum last rose.
How does the Kansas minimum wage compare with other states?
Kansas is tied for last with 19 other states at $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum; the highest is Washington, DC at $18.40 an hour. The Louisiana minimum wage is the same $7.25, and so is the rate in Kentucky and Wyoming. The state minimum wages page lists all of them.
Questions people ask
How much is minimum wage per week in Kansas?
Full time, a Kansas minimum wage job takes home $265.50 a week after taxes.
Is the Kansas minimum wage worth more in local prices?
Yes. After taxes and Kansas prices, a full-time minimum wage job is worth $15,328 a year at average US prices, more than its $13,806 take-home.