Take-home pay in Kansas by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Kansas keeps $78,165 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $73,249 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$78,165 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Kansas, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $8,650 more than as a C corporation.

Kansas, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$26,751	$73,249	73%
Single-member LLC	$26,780	$73,220	73%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$21,835	$78,165	78%
S corporation	$21,835	$78,165	78%
C corporation	$30,485	$69,515	70%

What Kansas takes from a business owner

Kansas taxes personal income in 2 brackets, from 5.2% to 5.58% (2026, single filer).kslegislature.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state Business Entity Information Report, $90 every two yearssos.ks.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
An S corp in Kansas can elect to pay the state's income tax itself, a pass-through entity tax of 5.58%, and the owner gets a credit for it. The company deducts it on the federal return, so it is not held to the SALT cap. The calculator uses it when it lowers the totalksrevisor.gov.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Kansas unemployment tax at 1.75% on the first $15,100 of salary in the first yearkslegislature.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$38,475	$38,443	$38,687	$38,687	$36,406
$100,000	$73,249	$73,220	$78,165	$78,165	$69,515
$150,000	$105,414	$105,384	$113,247	$113,247	$98,080
$250,000	$171,315	$171,289	$181,796	$181,796	$156,876
$500,000	$306,996	$306,969	$334,904	$334,904	$298,290

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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