Pay and cost of living in Sedgwick County, KS
Across the 5 occupations we cover in Sedgwick County, KS, the middle median salary is $30,760 a year. Pay runs from $27,420 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $76,540 for Registered Nurses, a spread of $49,120. Wages come from the Wichita, KS survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Sedgwick County, KS has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $823 a month and a two-bedroom $1,043. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $16,758 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $36,013 a year, and every one of the 5 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Sedgwick County, KS
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Sedgwick County, KS, set beside the Kansas and national medians.
Median household income in Sedgwick County, KS is $69,365, 7% below the Kansas median of $74,275 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($9,876) equals 14.2% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $30,760, is 56% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Sedgwick County, KS pay a median of $2,461 a year in real estate taxes, 12% below the Kansas median of $2,798. With a median home value of $203,300, 6% below the Kansas median of $217,200, the ratio of the two medians is 1.21% a year.
Renters in Sedgwick County, KS pay a median gross rent of $998 a month in the Census survey, 6% below the Kansas median of $1,060. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $823; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Sedgwick County, KS who travel to a workplace spend an average of 19.3 minutes each way, 2% below the Kansas average of 19.7. 8.1% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.