Every Kansas income tax bracket for 2026, exactly as published — with the standard deduction, the exemption credit, and a tool that finds your bracket and shows the tax slice by slice.
| Rate | Taxable income over | Up to | Cumulative tax at top of band |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2% | $0 | $23,000 | $1,196 |
| 5.58% | $23,000 | and above | — |
Brackets apply to taxable income — gross income minus the standard deduction. Both tables are printed in full on this page; the tabs only choose which you look at first.
Enter your Kansas taxable income (after the standard deduction). Your bracket lights up in the table above, and your tax is broken into its slices.
Figure A The bracket staircase
The staircase: each step is one bracket. The tax climbs only inside the step you are standing on — moving into a higher bracket never taxes your earlier income at the higher rate.
| Taxable income (single) | Kansas tax | Effective rate | Top (marginal) rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $2,703 | 5.4% | 5.58% |
| $75,000 | $4,098 | 5.5% | 5.58% |
| $100,000 | $5,493 | 5.5% | 5.58% |
| $150,000 | $8,283 | 5.5% | 5.58% |
No material change for 2026: the two-bracket 5.20%/5.58% structure, $3,605 standard deduction and $9,160 personal exemption set by Senate Bill 1 (2024) all carry into 2026 unchanged (Kansas Department of Revenue).
The state-specific rules behind the numbers above — the things a generic calculator gets wrong about Kansas.
Kansas' standard deduction looks tiny — $3,605 for a single filer, barely a fifth of the federal amount. The offset is a personal exemption of $9,160 per filer ($18,320 jointly), raised by Senate Bill 1 in 2024, plus $2,320 per dependent. Combined, a single filer shelters $12,765 before the 5.20% bracket starts — always add the two together before comparing Kansas with other states.
Source: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets 2026; Kansas Department of Revenue Notice 24-08; K.S.A. 79-32,119
For years Kansas had the harshest Social Security cliff in the country: the exemption applied only if federal AGI was $75,000 or less, and one dollar over meant every dollar of benefits was taxed. Senate Bill 1 (2024 special session) removed the income cap entirely — from tax year 2024 onward, all Social Security benefits are subtracted on Schedule S regardless of income.
Source: Kansas Department of Revenue Notice 24-08; K.S.A. 79-32,117 (as amended by 2024 SB 1)
Since 2024 Kansas has just two brackets — 5.20% on the first $23,000 of taxable income for single filers and 5.58% above it — replacing the old three-bracket system that topped out at 5.70%. Joint thresholds are doubled ($46,000).
Source: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets 2026; K.S.A. 79-32,110
Kansas exempts benefits from its own public systems — KPERS, Kansas Police and Firemen's, teachers' and judges' retirement — but distributions from private 401(k) plans and IRAs do not get that exemption and are taxed like wages.
Source: Kansas Department of Revenue, Schedule S guidance
Two brackets for a single filer in 2026: 5.20% on taxable income up to $23,000 and 5.58% above that. On a $75,000 salary for a single filer, this page's calculator puts Kansas state tax at $3,385, with net pay of $58,207 after federal tax of $7,670 and FICA of $5,738 (total tax $16,793).
No — not any more, at any income level. Before 2024 the exemption was lost once federal AGI passed $75,000, but Senate Bill 1 in the 2024 special session removed the cap, so all Social Security is subtracted on the Kansas return from 2024 onward.
The standard deduction itself is small — $3,605 for a single filer — but Kansas adds an unusually large personal exemption of $9,160 per filer ($18,320 jointly, plus $2,320 per dependent). Together they shelter $12,765 of income for a single filer before the brackets apply.
Kansas public pensions such as KPERS are exempt, but private 401(k) and IRA withdrawals are generally taxed as ordinary income at 5.20%/5.58% after deductions and exemptions. Social Security is fully exempt.
Kansas collapsed three brackets into two in 2024 under Senate Bill 1 — 5.20% up to $23,000 of taxable income for single filers and 5.58% above — and the same law fully exempted Social Security and raised the personal exemption. Those settings continue for 2026.
Kansas income tax brackets for 2026 in full: every rate and threshold for single and joint filers, the $3,605 standard deduction, worked examples and a find-your-bracket tool.
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Every Kansas income tax bracket for 2026, printed in full exactly as published: single and married-filing-jointly tables, the standard deduction, worked examples on taxable income, and a find-your-bracket tool that lights up your band and builds your tax slice by slice. Rates checked 31 October 2026; all figures are for the 2026 tax year.
On $100,000 of taxable income in Kansas (single filer, 2026), the slice-by-slice tax is $5,492.60 — the top slice is taxed at 5.58%, but the effective rate on the whole $100,000 is far lower because the early slices are taxed at the bottom rates. A $100,000 salary is not $100,000 of taxable income: the $3,605 standard deduction comes off first, which is what the companion income calculator works through.
Kansas taxes income in 2 bands from 5.2% to 5.58%. The standard deduction is $3,605.00 for a single filer. The tables are the state’s official 2026 schedules (sources printed on the page); cumulative tax at the top of each band is computed slice by slice from those rates. The federal comparison figures use IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32.
Two brackets for a single filer in 2026: 5.20% on taxable income up to $23,000 and 5.58% above that. On a $75,000 salary for a single filer, this page's calculator puts Kansas state tax at $3,385, with net pay of $58,207 after federal tax of $7,670 and FICA of $5,738 (total tax $16,793).
No — not any more, at any income level. Before 2024 the exemption was lost once federal AGI passed $75,000, but Senate Bill 1 in the 2024 special session removed the cap, so all Social Security is subtracted on the Kansas return from 2024 onward.
The standard deduction itself is small — $3,605 for a single filer — but Kansas adds an unusually large personal exemption of $9,160 per filer ($18,320 jointly, plus $2,320 per dependent). Together they shelter $12,765 of income for a single filer before the brackets apply.
Kansas public pensions such as KPERS are exempt, but private 401(k) and IRA withdrawals are generally taxed as ordinary income at 5.20%/5.58% after deductions and exemptions. Social Security is fully exempt.
Kansas collapsed three brackets into two in 2024 under Senate Bill 1 — 5.20% up to $23,000 of taxable income for single filers and 5.58% above — and the same law fully exempted Social Security and raised the personal exemption. Those settings continue for 2026.
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