Kansas · BLS May 2025

Shipping and Receiving Clerk Salary in Kansas

Also called warehouse clerk. SOC 43-5071.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 6,530 shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks working in Kansas. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.

Median pay · Kansas

$44,110A year, or $21.21 an hour.
Take-home a month$2,997After federal, state and FICA tax at 18.5%
Worth at national prices$48,974Prices here sit at 90.1 against 100
Against the nation2.5% belowNational median $45,260
What shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks earn in Kansas, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid$33,550$16.13
25th percentile$37,360$17.96
MedianHalf earn more, half less$44,110$21.21
75th percentile$48,990$23.55
90th percentileMost experienced and senior$58,680$28.21
MeanThe average, pulled up by the top$44,870$21.57
How we got this
  1. Median wage in KansasBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks earned more than this, half less.$44,110
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$21.21
  3. Take-home after federal, state and FICA tax$2,997 a month at an effective rate of 18.5%.$35,961 a year
  4. Worth at national average pricesPrices in Kansas sit at 90.1 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$48,974
  5. Against the national medianThe national median is $45,260.2.5% below
  6. Jobs countedA concentration of 0.86 against the nation's 1.00.6,530
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
  • Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
  • Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details

Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1

What lands in the bank

A $44,110 salary in Kansas, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.

  • Federal income tax. $3,113 a year.
  • State income tax. $1,662 a year.
  • Social Security and Medicare. $3,374 a year.
  • Left over. $35,961 a year, $2,997 a month, an effective rate of 18.5%.

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What $44,110 is worth in Kansas

Prices in Kansas sit at 90.1 against a national average of 100, so $44,110 earned here buys what $48,974 buys at national average prices.

  • Rents. 71.2 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
  • Against local households. The median household in Kansas takes in $74,275, so this occupation's median is 0.59 times that, on one income.
  • How common the job is here. 14% less concentrated in Kansas than in the country as a whole.

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Common questions

Shipping and Receiving Clerk pay in Kansas, answered

How much does a shipping and receiving clerk make in Kansas?

The median wage for shipping and receiving clerks in Kansas is $44,110 a year, or $21.21 an hour.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What is the take-home pay for a shipping and receiving clerk in Kansas?

On the median wage of $44,110, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $35,961 a year, or roughly $2,997 a month.

That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 18.5%.

Kansas takes $1,662 of it in state income tax.

Do shipping and receiving clerks earn more in Kansas than in the rest of the country?

No. The median in Kansas is 2.5% below the national median of $45,260.

Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Kansas sit at 90.1 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.

Is $44,110 a good salary in Kansas?

It is 0.59 times the median household income of $74,275. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.

Prices in Kansas run at 90.1 against a national average of 100, with rents at 71.2, so $44,110 here buys about what $48,974 buys at national average prices.

What do the highest-paid shipping and receiving clerks earn in Kansas?

The top tenth earn $58,680 a year or more, against $33,550 at the bottom tenth.

Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Kansas someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many shipping and receiving clerks are there in Kansas?

The survey counted 6,530 of these jobs in Kansas for May 2025.

That makes the occupation 14% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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