Childcare Workers Salary in Topeka, KS

Childcare Workers pay range in Topeka

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $21,430 a year or less, while the top 10% make $39,580 or more. The middle half of childcare workers in Topeka earn between $27,580 and $39,340.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Childcare Workers salary after taxes in Topeka

On the average salary of $32,720, a single filer in Topeka takes home about $27,433 a year, or $2,286 a month and $1,055 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Topeka a good place for childcare workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Topeka area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.8), so the average $32,720 buys what about $36,839 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Topeka ($49,540). A typical home costs $217,683, or 6.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Childcare Workers salary in other Kansas cities

Topeka ranks 1st of 4 Kansas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for childcare workers

Sarasota, FL pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($52,680).

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