Commercial Pilots Salary in Topeka, KS

Commercial Pilots pay range in Topeka

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $49,560 a year or less, while the top 10% make $207,760 or more. The middle half of commercial pilots in Topeka earn between $59,850 and $130,260.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year (BLS publishes this job's pay as annual only).

Commercial Pilots salary after taxes in Topeka

On the average salary of $125,550, a single filer in Topeka takes home about $90,873 a year, or $7,573 a month and $3,495 every two weeks. Taxes take 28% 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 commercial pilots? 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 $125,550 buys what about $141,353 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Topeka ($49,540). A typical home costs $217,683, or 1.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Commercial Pilots salary in other Kansas cities

Topeka ranks 1st of 2 Kansas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for commercial pilots

Waterbury, CT pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($267,680).

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