SALARY · POLICE AND SHERIFF'S PATROL OFFICERS · KANSAS

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers salary in Kansas

Averages can hide a lot. Medians hide less. That is why this page leads with the median for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Kansas: $59,230 a year. The mean is listed too, so you can see when a small group of high earners pulls the average upward.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$59,230

$28 per hour at the median · That is $16,980 (22.3 percent) below the national median of $76,210 for this occupation.

$61,450Mean annual salary
$30Mean hourly wage
$6,130People employed in this job in Kansas

Salary range

25th: $48,670Median: $59,23075th: $71,950
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$48,670
Median (50th percentile)$59,230
75th percentile$71,950
Mean$61,450

The middle half of workers earned from $48,670 to $71,950 a year. Do not read the percentile range as good versus bad jobs. It mostly reflects experience, hours, employer type and local demand. A new starter near the 25th percentile and a veteran near the 75th can both be fairly paid for their stage.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$47,266 a year
$3,939 a month
Federal tax $4,928 · FICA $4,531 · State tax $2,505

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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