SALARY · COOKS, INSTITUTION AND CAFETERIA · KANSAS

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria salary in Kansas

This is not a guess and it is not a job ad. It is the published BLS figure for cooks, institution and cafeteria in Kansas, where the median was $31,950 a year. I keep the source on every page because a salary number without a source is just a story.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$31,950

$15 per hour at the median · That is $5,500 (14.7 percent) below the national median of $37,450 for this occupation.

$32,990Mean annual salary
$16Mean hourly wage
$7,570People employed in this job in Kansas

Salary range

25th: $28,840Median: $31,95075th: $36,030
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$28,840
Median (50th percentile)$31,950
75th percentile$36,030
Mean$32,990

The middle half of workers earned from $28,840 to $36,030 a year. Employment size matters too. A field with many workers in a state usually means more openings and more room to move employers without moving states. A small field can pay well but offer fewer ways in.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$26,854 a year
$2,238 a month
Federal tax $1,654 · FICA $2,444 · State tax $998

Caveat: the Kansas $9,160 personal exemption is from continuing official statute, not from the 2026 Form K-40ES itself, which refers the reader to the K-40 booklet for exemption amounts.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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