Wichita
Cost of Living in Wichita, KS (2026): Rent, Utilities & Take-Home
$2,599 left/mo
$2,680/mo in Wichita. $2,599 left each month. Prices 12% below the US average.
Monthly costs
Take-home $5,279/mo.
- Taxes$1,698
- Rent$857
- Other$1,823
- Left$2,599
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (KS)
- −$4,384
- Take-home pay
- $63,350
- Effective tax rate
- 24.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $857
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $543
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,680
After tax and rent
$2,599 left/mo
Stats
- Rent
- $1,020
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,279
- Per month
- Tax
- 24%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 12% below
- US, besides rent
Average electric bill in Kansas
About $130 a month for a household using 900 kWh. That is the EIA residential price for Kansas in 2025, 14.44¢ per kWh. It is a state average, not a Wichita utility bill, and the utilities line in the monthly costs above already includes a modelled power cost.
Take-home by job in Wichita
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer