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State profile · NCES F-33 FY2023

Teacher Salary in Kansas

Kansas's top-to-bottom district pay ratio (3.26x) ranks #8 of 47, upper-third dispersion. According to the NCES Common Core of Data finance survey, estimated teacher pay and per-pupil spending are available for every public school district in Kansas.

$58,516
Est. state avg salary

Well below benchmark

-16.7%
vs national
#37
National rank
286
Districts

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$58,516/year (est.)

Kansas's top-to-bottom district pay ratio (3.26x) ranks #8 of 47, upper-third dispersion. Estimated average teacher salary is $58,516, materially below the national average of $70,245, ranking #37 of 49, across 249 public school districts with reliable data (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Wide district pay spread: Kansas's top-to-bottom district pay ratio (3.26x) ranks #8 of 47, upper-third dispersion.
  • lower third nationally (#37 of 49)
  • Kansas ranks #37 of 49 on the salary estimate and #30 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • $77,585 spread between its highest- and lowest-paying districts
  • -16.7% vs the national average
  • +15.7% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (balanced cohort, not the FTE average above)
  • #36 of 49 purchasing-power-adjusted (BEA RPP 89.9)

Kansas sits in the lower third for estimated pay

Across 249 reliable-salary districts, the average estimate is $58,516: #37 of 49 jurisdictions with a reliable district estimate, and 16.7% below the national benchmark of $70,245.

The rank compares the same F-33-derived district measure nationwide. It does not include benefits, experience steps, taxes, or local living costs; use it as a relative state placement rather than an exact paycheck.

Kansas purchasing-power check on lower-third pay

Kansas's nominal average teacher salary ranks #37 of the 49 states and territories that report teacher salaries. Adjusted by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis's 2023 Regional Price Parity (89.9, US = 100, a relative state-level price-level index, not a district or metro cost-of-living figure), the estimate becomes $67,110, ranking #36 of 49 , 1 places higher than the nominal rank once relative price levels are factored in. This purchasing-power view is not published by NEA's teacher-pay rankings or the aggregator sites; it comes from combining our own F-33-derived salary estimate with BEA's public RPP series. See the full 51-state release for methodology and download. BEA Regional Price Parities · NCES CCD F-33

Kansas in the teacher-salary distribution

FY2023 estimated state averages from the same NCES-derived ranking

$58,516 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49 reporting states and territories

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Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey; state estimates derived from reported instructional-salary expenditure and teacher FTE · FY2023

Kansas's comparable salary trend

Same reporting-district cohort, FY2019-FY2023

FY2023 estimated average
$68,907 15.656724551151848% vs FY2019
272 districts held in the panel
$55,000$60,000$65,000$70,000 FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 Kansas est. avg teacher salary, FY2019: $59,579Kansas est. avg teacher salary, FY2020: $61,408Kansas est. avg teacher salary, FY2021: $65,079Kansas est. avg teacher salary, FY2022: $68,405Kansas est. avg teacher salary, FY2023: $68,907 $59,579 $68,907 ▲ +15.7%
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Period Kansas est. avg teacher salary
FY2019 $59,579
FY2020 $61,408
FY2021 $65,079
FY2022 $68,405
FY2023 $68,907

Highest-paying districts in Kansas

Estimated average teacher salary, enrolling districts (200+ students)

Est. avg salary

What this shows Rock Creek leads Kansas on the F-33 instructional-salary estimate. Service entities (CTCs, county offices) are excluded, their enrollment-based ratios are not reliable salary figures.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

Top 3 districts

1 $111,971

Rock Creek

Est. avg teacher salary
2 $109,117

Paola

Est. avg teacher salary
3 $85,991

West Elk

Est. avg teacher salary

Districts by Estimated Teacher Salary

District Est. Avg Salary Enrollment Per-Pupil Exp
Wakeeney $51,545 404 $15,755
Conway Springs $51,517 420 $16,700
Russell County $51,494 778 $18,869
Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton $51,195 338 $15,027
Central Plains $51,086 1,718 $5,568
Twin Valley $51,019 606 $22,809
Plainville $50,656 416 $16,127
Burlingame Public School $50,636 302 $16,295
Hodgeman County Schools $50,544 289 $16,865
Marysville $50,302 816 $19,582
Geary County Schools $50,231 7,340 $19,751
Morris County $50,123 787 $16,897
Spring Hill $50,107 5,357 $15,540
Madison-Virgil $50,038 245 $21,082
Rural Vista $50,016 265 $19,087
Marmaton Valley $49,963 275 $19,731
Atchison Public Schools $49,834 1,498 $15,210
Central Heights $49,817 541 $17,124
Lyndon $49,559 436 $17,117
LaCrosse $49,479 292 $17,623
Renwick $49,125 1,946 $12,622
Wichita $48,876 46,101 $17,945
Kinsley-Offerle $48,697 296 $20,203
Lincoln $48,524 333 $16,655
Rock Hills $47,879 380 $16,768
St Francis Comm Sch $47,668 304 $16,918
Prairie Hills $47,660 1,068 $16,958
North Jackson $47,462 404 $14,614
Osborne County $47,025 373 $14,716
Tonganoxie $46,875 1,925 $19,705
Silver Lake $46,687 692 $16,201
Barber County North $46,365 478 $16,458
Bucklin $45,876 226 $18,593
Peabody-Burns $45,872 228 $20,167
Stockton $45,655 290 $18,941
Oberlin $45,266 413 $15,872
Comanche County $44,567 319 $19,953
Northeast $44,307 482 $17,120
Waconda $44,166 342 $21,673
Atchison Co Comm Schools $43,916 510 $17,020
Sylvan Grove $43,903 253 $17,008
Norton Community Schools $43,573 697 $14,055
Barnes $42,731 490 $12,353
Fredonia $42,183 658 $17,883
Quinter Public Schools $42,132 324 $34,583
Pike Valley $42,000 229 $30,314
Victoria $40,704 284 $15,514
Blue Valley $38,667 269 $17,922
Otis-Bison $34,386 239 $18,117

Showing 201–249 of 249 enrolling districts. Specialized non-enrolling agencies (career/technical centers, county offices, service co-ops) are excluded from the salary ranking, their enrollment-based estimates are not reliable.

Lowest-Paying Districts in Kansas

District Est. Avg Salary Enrollment
Otis-Bison $34,386 239
Blue Valley $38,667 269
Victoria $40,704 284
Pike Valley $42,000 229
Quinter Public Schools $42,132 324
Fredonia $42,183 658
Barnes $42,731 490
Norton Community Schools $43,573 697
Sylvan Grove $43,903 253
Atchison Co Comm Schools $43,916 510

Among enrolling districts (200+ students) with a reliable estimate; service entities excluded, see methodology.

Nationwide peers near Kansas's lower-third pay

Two nationwide peer sets for Kansas: closest on estimated average teacher salary ($58,516 here) and closest on total student enrollment (483,899 here). Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not geographic containment.

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other states by unweighted district-mean teacher pay (F-33 derived, ≥5 districts with reliable estimates).

Similar enrollment

Nearest other states by NCES-reported K-12 enrollment. Salary peers above are excluded.

Compare Nearby-Ranked States

Maine
$62,872
Rank #34
Georgia
$61,790
Rank #35
Montana
$59,058
Rank #36
Tennessee
$57,941
Rank #38

Data: NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey + Staff Universe Survey, FY2023. Salary figures divide instructional expenditure (variable Z33) by each district's reported teacher FTE, or an estimated FTE for the small minority with no reported figure. Not individual salary data. Read our methodology.

Kansas teacher salary FAQ

What is the average teacher salary in Kansas?

Across 249 Kansas public school districts with reliable data, the average teacher salary is $58,516 (NCES CCD F-33 reported teacher salaries divided by CCD Staff Universe Survey teacher headcounts, FY2023). It is a district-level mean derived from finance filings, so it will not match a contract-salary survey exactly, read it as a relative comparison.

Which Kansas school district pays teachers the most?

Rock Creek reports the highest average teacher salary in Kansas at $111,971, while Otis-Bison sits at the lower end at $34,386.

How does Kansas teacher pay compare to the national average?

Kansas's average of $58,516 is materially below the national average of $70,245 (-16.7%), ranking #37 of the 49 jurisdictions with a reliable district estimate.

How many school districts are in Kansas?

Kansas has 286 public school districts in the NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, together serving 482,750 students.

How much do teachers make in Kansas?

District-average teacher pay in Kansas runs from $34,386 in Otis-Bison to $111,971 in Rock Creek, with 2 of 249 reliable-data districts at $100,000 or above. Where a teacher lands depends far more on which district employs them than on the statewide figure. These are district-wide averages from NCES CCD F-33 (FY2023), not individual salaries or pay-scale steps.

Can teachers earn $100,000 in Kansas?

2 of 249 Kansas districts with reliable data report an estimated average teacher salary of $100,000 or more, led by Rock Creek at $111,971. This is a district-wide average, not an individual salary, step, or years-of-experience figure.

How does Kansas rank after adjusting for cost of living?

Within the separate enrollment-weighted state comparison, BEA's 2023 Regional Price Parity (89.9, US=100) adjusts Kansas's nominal estimate of $60,338 from #39 to $67,110 and #36. The headline uses an unweighted district mean, so this does not replace it. Neither measure is take-home pay, taxes, or district/metro cost of living.

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Disclaimer & data sources

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainTeacher for Kansas