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title: "Average Salary in Kansas City, MO-KS"
description: "Mean $66,550, median $50,820 in the Kansas City metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Kansas City, MO-KS

Kansas City, MO-KS metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $66,550, median $50,820 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 1,096,110 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $54,920.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $30,510 |
| 25th | $37,600 |
| 50th | $50,820 |
| 75th | $78,900 |
| 90th | $117,800 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 92.5 |
| Housing (rents) | 86.6 |
| Goods | 94.1 |
| Utilities | 89.0 |
| Other services | 93.4 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $236,970
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $206,360
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $197,770
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $176,590
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $171,930
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $168,440
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $166,230
- [Sales Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-manager): $165,380
- [Physicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physicist): $164,550
- [Purchasing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/purchasing-manager): $162,030

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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