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Kansas City, Missouri Paycheck Calculator (2026)

Enter your annual salary below to see your Kansas City, Missouri take-home pay after federal, state, FICA, and city/local taxes for 2026.

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The KCMO Earnings Tax applies to KCMO residents on wages earned anywhere and to non-residents on wages earned within KCMO. The state-only Missouri page does not apply the KCMO E-Tax; selecting Kansas City here adds the city line on top of the state computation.

Missouri's federal-tax-deductibility provision on the state return is capped and not yet wired into the engine; the Missouri state line in this view may slightly overstate state liability for higher earners.

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Yes. Kansas City (Missouri side) levies a 1% Earnings Tax on wages earned within city limits, applied uniformly to residents and non-residents who work there. At $85,000 single, take-home is $64,715 after federal tax, FICA, Missouri's progressive state line, and the KCMO E-Tax.

Kansas City sits at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers on the Missouri side of the state line (distinct from Kansas City, Kansas across the border). The city levies a 1% Earnings Tax on wages earned within city limits, applied to residents and to non-residents who work there. St. Louis levies the only other Missouri E-Tax. Arrowhead Stadium hosts the Kansas City Chiefs, and Kauffman Stadium next door hosts the Royals at the Truman Sports Complex. Hallmark Cards has headquartered downtown since 1910, and Cerner (now Oracle Health) anchors the city's healthcare-IT cluster. H&R Block headquarters across from the Country Club Plaza, a 1923 Spanish-style shopping district. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City serves the Tenth District. KC barbecue and the Power & Light District define the food and nightlife identity. Missouri runs no payroll-funded state disability insurance program. Federal mechanics apply uniformly nationwide; at $85,000 single, the federal line is $9,870, Missouri state tax is $3,062, FICA combined is $6,503, and the KCMO E-Tax line is $850, for take-home of $64,715. Toggle salary or filing status in the calculator above to see how the KCMO stack moves with the inputs.

$85,000 single filer take-home comparison

Kansas City, Missouri

$64,700

Missouri (no city tax)

$65,600

Texas (no income tax)

$68,600

Kansas City, Missouri take-home is -$800 vs the state-only figure and -$3,900 vs the no-income-tax baseline.

Kansas City, Missouri local tax breakdown

Local bracket schedule applied by the calculator for 2026.

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What this estimate includes

This calculator computes Kansas City, Missouri take-home pay using 2026 federal brackets after the standard deduction, FICA contributions (Social Security up to the annual wage base, Medicare on all wages, plus the Additional Medicare Tax above the filing-status threshold), Missouri's state income tax schedule, the Kansas City, Missouri local income tax. It excludes employer-side payroll taxes, custom W-4 elections, supplemental-wage handling for bonuses or equity vesting, and income from sources other than W-2 wages. Per-city resident and non-resident rules are described in the prose above where they differ.

Kansas City, Missouri paycheck FAQ

What is the federal tax bill on $85,000 single in Kansas City?
Federal mechanics apply uniformly nationwide; at $85,000 single, the federal line is $9,870, with the top slice in the 22% bracket after the standard deduction. A Kansas City single filer sees the same federal line as a St. Louis or Springfield counterpart on the same gross.
How is the Kansas City Earnings Tax structured?
The KCMO Earnings Tax is a flat 1% on wages earned within Kansas City limits, withheld at the source by employers. The same 1% applies to residents and to non-residents working in the city. Self-employed workers file directly with the KCMO Revenue Division. The city renews voter authorization for the E-Tax every five years under Missouri statute.
What if I live in Kansas City but work in Kansas City, Kansas?
A KCMO resident working across the state line in Kansas City, Kansas pays Kansas state tax on those wages, with Missouri giving a credit for taxes paid to Kansas. The 1% KCMO E-Tax still applies as the residence-based earnings tax on those wages, since the KCMO ordinance covers resident wages regardless of work location.
How much does a 401(k) contribution save at $85,000 in Kansas City?
401(k) and HSA pre-tax dollars reduce the federal and Missouri taxable base at the 26.7% combined marginal. The KCMO Earnings Tax, computed on gross wages under city ordinance, generally does not respond to pre-tax deferrals. Pre-tax contributions cut the federal and state lines; the 1% E-Tax line stays flat against the underlying paycheck.
What changes for married filing jointly, head of household, or filing separately at $85,000 in Kansas City?
Married-filing-jointly take-home at $85,000 lands near $69,502, roughly $4,787 more the single figure. Wider federal MFJ brackets and the doubled federal standard deduction drive most of the change. Missouri's brackets apply the same rates to joint filers; the federal-tax deduction cap also doubles for MFJ, trimming the state line for higher earners. The KCMO E-Tax applies per worker across all four filing statuses. Head of Household clears about $67,637, around $2,922 more than Single, and combined two-return MFS take-home lands about $4,787 less than MFJ.
How does Kansas City compare to St. Louis for paycheck taxes?
Kansas City and St. Louis levy matching 1% Earnings Taxes; the city math is identical on the same gross. Both cities are voter-authorized to renew the E-Tax every five years and are the only two Missouri cities with employee-side wage taxes. Outside KCMO and STL, no other Missouri city or county levies a separate wage tax.

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How This Page Is Reviewed

The Kansas City, Missouri paycheck page is reviewed against primary federal, state, and city sources before each major tax-year update. Source links below are the references used to validate brackets, wage bases, and supported local taxes.

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Last reviewed

2026-06-25