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Kansas & West Virginia Capital Gains Tax Calculator

Combines federal long-term rates with Kansas’s 5.58% state treatment.

Kansas, West Virginia share this page. Their rules produce the same answer to within a rounding difference, so publishing separate near-identical pages would add URLs without adding information. Every figure below applies to both states.

Kansas capital gains estimator

Combines federal long-term rates with Kansas’s 5.58% state treatment.

Total tax on the gain
Federal
Kansas state
Net investment income tax
You keep

Kansas at a glance

FigureKansasSource
State capital gains rate5.58%[1]
State top marginal rate5.58%[1]
Federal long-term rates0% / 15% / 20%[2]
Net investment income tax3.8% above $200,000[2]

[1] [2] Sources

State capital gains rate — all 50 states

Kansas highlighted. Same data as the table below, shown as a distribution so the comparison is visible at a glance.

State capital gains rate — all 50 states. Kansas is 5.58%, ranked 20 of 50. The national median is 4.55%, the highest is 13.30% (California), and the lowest is 0.00% (Wyoming). CA 13.30% NY 10.90% NJ 10.75% OR 9.90% MN 9.85% MA 9.00% VT 8.75% WI 7.65% HI 7.25% ME 7.15% WA 7.00% CT 6.99% DE 6.60% MD 6.50% RI 5.99% NM 5.90% ID 5.80% VA 5.75% MT 5.65% KS 5.58% SC 5.21% AL 5.00% GA 4.99% IL 4.95% WV 4.58% NE 4.55% OK 4.50% UT 4.50% CO 4.40% MI 4.25% MS 4.00% NC 3.99% AR 3.90% IA 3.80% KY 3.50% OH 3.50% PA 3.07% LA 3.00% IN 2.95% AZ 2.50% ND 2.50% AK 0.00% FL 0.00% MO 0.00% NV 0.00% NH 0.00% SD 0.00% TN 0.00% TX 0.00% WY 0.00%

Highlighted: Kansas, ranked 20 of 50. Median 4.55%.

Kansas tax by gain size and other income

Total tax (federal + Kansas + NIIT) on a long-term gain.

Capital gain$40,000 income$60,000 income$80,000 income$100,000 income$150,000 income$200,000 income$300,000 income$500,000 income
$10,000$806$2,058$2,058$2,058$2,058$2,438$2,438$2,438
$20,000$2,864$4,116$4,116$4,116$4,116$4,876$4,876$4,876
$30,000$4,922$6,174$6,174$6,174$6,174$7,314$7,314$7,314
$40,000$6,980$8,232$8,232$8,232$8,232$9,752$9,752$10,082
$50,000$9,038$10,290$10,290$10,290$10,290$12,190$12,190$13,020
$65,000$12,125$13,377$13,377$13,377$13,947$15,847$15,847$17,427
$80,000$15,212$16,464$16,464$16,464$17,604$19,504$19,504$21,834
$100,000$19,328$20,580$20,580$20,580$22,480$24,380$24,380$27,710
$125,000$24,473$25,725$25,915$26,675$28,575$30,475$30,475$35,055
$150,000$29,618$31,250$32,010$32,770$34,670$36,570$36,570$42,400
$200,000$41,428$43,440$44,200$44,960$46,860$48,760$48,760$57,090
$250,000$53,618$55,630$56,390$57,150$59,050$60,950$61,780$71,780
$350,000$77,998$80,010$80,770$81,530$83,430$86,160$91,160$101,160
$500,000$114,898$117,910$119,670$121,430$125,830$130,230$135,230$145,230
$650,000$158,968$161,980$163,740$165,500$169,900$174,300$179,300$189,300
$800,000$203,038$206,050$207,810$209,570$213,970$218,370$223,370$233,370
$1,000,000$261,798$264,810$266,570$268,330$272,730$277,130$282,130$292,130
$1,500,000$408,698$411,710$413,470$415,230$419,630$424,030$429,030$439,030

Worked figures for Kansas

Kansas values:

GainFederalStateNiitTotalEffective
$25,000$3,750$1,395$0$5,14520.58%
$50,000$7,500$2,790$0$10,29020.58%
$75,000$11,250$4,185$0$15,43520.58%
$100,000$15,000$5,580$0$20,58020.58%
$150,000$22,500$8,370$1,900$32,77021.85%
$200,000$30,000$11,160$3,800$44,96022.48%
$300,000$45,000$16,740$7,600$69,34023.11%
$500,000$78,330$27,900$15,200$121,43024.29%
$750,000$128,330$41,850$24,700$194,88025.98%
$1,000,000$178,330$55,800$34,200$268,33026.83%

How Kansas compares nationally

On state capital gains rate, Kansas ranks #20 of 50 at 5.58%23% above the median of 4.55%. The national range runs from 0.00% (Wyoming) to 13.30% (California).

RankStateState capital gains rate
#18Virginia5.75%
#19Montana5.65%
#20Kansas5.58%
#21South Carolina5.21%
#22Alabama5.00%

Taxed as ordinary incomes, ranked

Same rule structure as Kansas:

StateState capital gains ratevs Kansas
California13.30%+138.4%
New Jersey10.75%+92.7%
Minnesota9.85%+76.5%
Wisconsin7.65%+37.1%
Kansas5.58%
South Carolina5.21%-6.6%
Georgia4.99%-10.6%
Nebraska4.55%-18.5%
Texas0.00%-100.0%

Kansas questions, answered with Kansas numbers

Does Kansas tax capital gains?
Yes. Kansas applies 5.58% to capital gains. On a $100,000 long-term gain that is $5,580 in state tax, on top of $15,000 federal.
What would I owe on a $500,000 gain in Kansas?
About $121,430 total — $78,330 federal, $27,900 to Kansas, and $15,200 net investment income tax. You would keep roughly $378,570, an effective rate of 24.29%.
How does Kansas compare with a no-tax state?
Realising a $500,000 gain in Kansas costs $27,900 more than realising it in a state with no capital gains tax, such as Florida or Texas.

Other taxed as ordinary incomes

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Last reviewed 2026-08-27. Kansas figures only — verify with the relevant Kansas agency before acting. How this is calculated.