Kansas City

Kansas City, MO-KS metropolitan area. 28 published occupation pages; regional price parity 92.5 (US = 100).

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · 28 occupations

Table 1 — By occupation

What Kansas City pays

Median annual pay for every published occupation in the metro, exactly as released.

Occupation	Median	Employment
Software Developers	$124,990	12,160
Project Management Specialists	$101,050	8,380
General and Operations Managers	$90,490	31,080
Registered Nurses	$83,040	29,650
Accountants and Auditors	$80,040	11,260
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$66,780	8,860
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$66,250	9,930
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$61,200	7,750
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$61,060	11,500
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$60,170	18,230
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$50,940	8,780
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$48,860	10,360
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$46,810	15,930
Office Clerks, General	$45,640	10,520
Customer Service Representatives	$44,350	22,240
Security Guards	$41,810	7,730
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$41,700	19,070
Nursing Assistants	$39,710	13,370
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$39,210	7,650
Cooks, Restaurant	$37,370	9,940
Stockers and Order Fillers	$36,850	23,580
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	$36,520	8,690
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$36,350	12,950
Waiters and Waitresses	$36,080	16,540
Retail Salespersons	$34,320	26,110
Cashiers	$30,700	24,160
Cooks, Fast Food	$30,170	13,850
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$29,560	20,120

Sources

Wage data: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.

Medians are reported exactly as released. We take no payment for how any figure is presented.