Moving from Missouri to Kansas
At $100,000 a single filer pays $1,018 a year for moving from Missouri to Kansas — $85 a month. Missouri charges $3,763 at that income and Kansas charges $4,780, an effective 3.76% against 4.78%.
The gap is not constant. At $50,000 it is $578; at $500,000 it is $4,538. Both states run a graduated schedule, so the gap scales roughly with income.
The move priced at every income
State income tax in both jurisdictions for tax year 2026, at the standard tiers. Change the filing status to see how the answer moves.
| Income | Missouri tax | Kansas tax | Change per year | Change per month | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $1,413 | $1,990 | +$578 | +$48 | 2.83% → 3.98% |
| $75,000 | $2,588 | $3,385 | +$798 | +$66 | 3.45% → 4.51% |
| $100,000 | $3,763 | $4,780 | +$1,018 | +$85 | 3.76% → 4.78% |
| $150,000 | $6,113 | $7,570 | +$1,458 | +$121 | 4.08% → 5.05% |
| $250,000 | $10,813 | $13,150 | +$2,338 | +$195 | 4.33% → 5.26% |
| $500,000 | $22,563 | $27,100 | +$4,538 | +$378 | 4.51% → 5.42% |
Want a figure for your own income? Open this pair in the moving calculator, which also takes Maryland county and New York City local taxes.
Both states at $100,000
Missouri (leaving)
$100,000 · Single · TY2026Kansas (arriving)
$100,000 · Single · TY2026How many people make this move
21,660 people moved from Missouri to Kansas in 2024, give or take 3,165 — the American Community Survey is a sample, and its margin of error on a flow this size is wide. That makes it the 39th busiest of the 40 routes this site covers.
The traffic runs both ways: 18,446 people moved the other way, from Kansas to Missouri, in the same year. That is a net 3,214 toward Kansas. The return trip is not among the routes this site covers.
Movers: U.S. Census Bureau, Table 1. State-to-State Migration Flows: 2024 (American Community Survey 1-year estimates) (retrieved 2026-09-19). Universe: population 1 year and over in the united states. Tax figures are computed from each state's own rate schedule and are unrelated to this dataset.
What else changes between Missouri and Kansas
Local income tax. Both Missouri and Kansas have localities that levy their own income tax on top of the state figures above. See what they cost.
Capital gains. A long-term gain meets a top rate of 0.00% in Missouri and 5.58% in Kansas.
Missouri, today: From 2025 Missouri taxes no capital gain at all. The Form MO-A instructions for Line 18 state: "The state of Missouri allows a subtraction from your federal adjusted gross income for 100 percent of your federally reported capital gains." The filer enters the figure from federal Form 1040 line 7a, and it comes straight back out of Missouri adjusted gross income.
Kansas, after the move: Kansas taxes a capital gain at the ordinary rates, up to 5.58%. There is no preferential rate and no general exclusion. Compare every state.
Retirement income. Kansas: For taxable years commencing after 31 December 2023, Social Security benefits included in federal AGI are not subject to Kansas income tax. Before 2024 the exemption applied only where federal AGI was $75,000 or less. Compare every state.
Direction of travel. Missouri's top rate has fallen 0.70 points since 2021. Kansas's top rate has fallen 0.12 points since 2021. Missouri history · Kansas history.
What this does not answer
State income tax only. Property tax, sales tax and housing costs usually matter more to a moving decision than the figures on this page, and none of them is here.
A full year in each state. In the year you move you will normally file part-year returns in both, splitting the income between them, so neither column is what you will actually pay that year.
Rates are tax year 2026. Sources: Missouri Department of Revenue and Kansas Department of Revenue. How we verify this data · Disclaimer