Kansas has both a state minimum wage statute and a federal floor — and in 2025 they land at exactly the same figure: $7.25 per hour. The Kansas Minimum Wage Act (K.S.A. 44-1203) codifies this rate at the state level, while the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets the same floor nationwide. Because the two rates are identical, workers and employers only need to track one number. This calculator converts that hourly rate — or any wage above it — into the figures that matter most for budgeting: weekly gross pay, monthly gross pay and annual gross salary, with FLSA overtime applied automatically the moment you work beyond 40 hours in a week.
How it works
Enter your hourly wage (pre-filled at the Kansas minimum of $7.25) and your average hours per week. The calculator divides your time into two buckets:
- Regular time — the first 40 hours at your straight-time rate.
- Overtime — any hours beyond 40, paid at 1.5 times your regular rate as required by FLSA Section 7(a)(1) and mirrored in K.S.A. 44-1204.
The weekly gross is then:
Weekly gross = (regular hours x wage) + (overtime hours x wage x 1.5)
Monthly gross is weekly gross multiplied by 52 then divided by 12, which captures the exact calendar average rather than rounding to four weeks. Annual gross is weekly gross multiplied by 52. All arithmetic runs entirely in your browser — no figures are sent to any server.
Worked example
Suppose you work 45 hours per week at the Kansas minimum wage of $7.25 per hour:
| Metric | Calculation | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Regular pay | 40h x $7.25 | $290.00 |
| Overtime pay | 5h x $10.875 (1.5x) | $54.38 |
| Weekly gross | $290.00 + $54.38 | $344.38 |
| Monthly gross | $344.38 x 52 / 12 | $1,492.31 |
| Annual gross | $344.38 x 52 | $17,907.76 |
At a straight 40 hours per week with no overtime, the $7.25 Kansas minimum yields a weekly gross of $290.00, a monthly gross of $1,256.67 and an annual gross of $15,080.00 — all before federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, state income tax or any other withholdings. Kansas has a graduated state income tax, so actual take-home will be lower.
Kansas minimum wage in context
The Kansas Minimum Wage Act was first enacted in 1976 and has been updated several times over the decades. The current rate of $7.25/hr has been in place since 2009, when the federal FLSA rate was raised to match it — and neither rate has moved since. Workers and advocates have periodically called for increases, pointing out that inflation since 2009 has meaningfully reduced the purchasing power of $7.25. Employers in the state’s large agriculture, food processing and retail sectors have historically relied on this federal floor.
Tipped workers in Kansas face a different arithmetic: under federal rules, employers may pay a direct cash wage as low as $2.13 per hour, provided tips bring total hourly pay to at least $7.25. If any workweek falls short, the employer must top it up. Kansas does not impose a higher tip-credit threshold than federal law.
Use the quick reference table below the calculator to model common scenarios — for instance, what a $10/hr, $12/hr or $15/hr wage would mean on a weekly, monthly and annual basis — so you can compare job offers, plan a household budget or evaluate the impact of a proposed pay increase with full confidence in the numbers.