Overtime Pay Calculator — Kansas (2026)
Overtime in Kansas starts with the federal FLSA floor: 1.5× your regular rate for every hour beyond 40 in a workweek. Some states add daily overtime or double-time rules on top. This calculator shows gross overtime pay and what survives federal, FICA and Kansas taxation in 2026. Kansas uses a progressive income tax with 2 brackets running from 5.20% up to 5.58%, applied after a state standard deduction of $3,500.
Kansas Overtime Pay Calculator
Your base pay per hour.
Hours beyond 40 in the workweek.
Overtime rules that apply in Kansas
Kansas follows the federal weekly standard: overtime is owed after 40 hours in a workweek, with no general daily overtime requirement.
The "regular rate" is not just your base hourly wage — non-discretionary bonuses, shift differentials and commissions must be folded in before multiplying by 1.5, which raises the true overtime rate for many aviation workers around Wichita.
Is overtime taxed more in Kansas?
No — overtime is ordinary wages. It can feel over-taxed because per-period withholding tables annualize a big check as if every week looked like that, temporarily withholding at a higher rate that you recover at filing.
The Kansas layer applies to overtime exactly as to base pay, at rates up to 5.58%.
Exempt vs non-exempt in Kansas
Salaried does not mean exempt. To be exempt from overtime a worker must clear both a salary threshold and a duties test; misclassification is one of the most common wage claims filed in Kansas.
Cost of living in Kansas sits 13% below the national average (index 87), median household income is $70,333, and a one-bedroom apartment in Wichita rents for roughly $900 a month.
Local and payroll taxes Kansas adds on top
Kansas adds no state-mandated employee payroll deduction beyond FICA, so nothing extra is taken from your gross pay at the state level.
Kansas has no separate city or county income tax, so the state figure above is the full sub-federal income tax you pay.
Overtime hours carry exactly the same local withholding as regular Kansas hours; the extra pay is taxed at your marginal rates, not at a special penalty rate, even though the deduction line looks bigger.
Working across a state line from Kansas
Kansas has no income-tax reciprocity agreements, so if you live here and work across a state line you generally file a nonresident return in the work state and claim a credit at home to avoid double taxation.
Remote and hybrid work complicates this further: most states tax income where the work is physically performed, so a Wichita resident spending part of the year at a client site in Missouri may owe a nonresident return there. Keep a day-count log if you split time between states.
The rest of your Kansas tax bill
Kansas charges a 6.5% state sales tax, homeowners pay an average effective property tax of 1.34% of market value, and the minimum wage in force during 2026 is $7.25 an hour.
Combined rates average about 8.7% with city and county add-ons.
Income tax is only one part of a state's take. Kansas recovers revenue through sales and property tax as well, which is why headline income tax rates alone are a poor guide to how far a salary really goes. Kansas exempts Social Security and all public pensions; private pensions and IRA withdrawals are taxable.
Kansas vs Missouri on the same salary
On a $75,000 salary, a single filer keeps about $57,690 a year in Kansas against roughly $58,995 in Missouri — a difference of $1,305, or $109 a month.
Effective combined rates are 23.1% in Kansas and 21.3% in Missouri. Set that gap against living costs: index 87 here versus 88 there, with property tax at 1.34% and 0.98% respectively.
Kansas income tax brackets 2026 (single filer)
| Taxable income | Rate |
|---|---|
| $0 – $23,000 | 5.20% |
| $23,000 and up | 5.58% |