SALARY · HOSTS AND HOSTESSES, RESTAURANT, LOUNGE, AND COFFEE SHOP · KANSAS

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop salary in Kansas

A job title alone does not tell you what you will earn. Place matters, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars. In Kansas, hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop sat at a median of $28,110 a year, which is the figure I would use first when you compare offers.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$28,110

$14 per hour at the median · That is $3,090 (9.9 percent) below the national median of $31,200 for this occupation.

$28,650Mean annual salary
$14Mean hourly wage
$4,540People employed in this job in Kansas

Salary range

25th: $22,920Median: $28,11075th: $31,990
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$22,920
Median (50th percentile)$28,110
75th percentile$31,990
Mean$28,650

The middle half of workers earned from $22,920 to $31,990 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

$23,961 a year
$1,997 a month
Federal tax $1,201 · FICA $2,150 · State tax $798

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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