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Registered Nurses Salary in Kansas

The median annual wage for registered nurses in Kansas is $79,320 ($38.14 per hour) -18.7% vs. the national median of $97,550. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.

Median annual wage
$79,320
Mean annual wage
$82,360
Median hourly wage
$38.14
Employment in KS
33,800

33,800 employed · 23.5 per 1,000 jobs

Wage percentiles in Kansas

Wage distribution for registered nurses in Kansas (OEWS May 2025).
PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$63,180$30.37
25th percentile$73,300$35.24
Median (50th)$79,320$38.14
75th percentile$94,700$45.53
90th percentile$100,840$48.48

What this salary is worth in Kansas

Cost-of-living adjusted salary
$88,067

Kansas prices are 90.1 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)

Median rent burden
16.0%

Median gross rent in Kansas: $1,060/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $1,983/mo

Est. affordable home price
$289,354

At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance

For context, the median home value in Kansas is $217,200 (ACS 2020-2024).

Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.

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About this data

  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 13, 2026.

Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.