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title: "Average Salary in Kansas"
description: "Mean $60,640, median $48,010 in Kansas (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/kansas"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in Kansas

Mean annual wage $60,640, median $48,010 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $53,300 (rank 21 of 51 by that measure; rank 34 nominal).

| Percentile | Kansas | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $28,530 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $35,880 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $48,010 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $72,280 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $103,250 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 90.1 |
| Housing (rents) | 71.2 |
| Goods | 94.0 |
| Utilities | 88.4 |
| Other services | 93.8 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $115,640 | 78,140 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $94,050 | 37,910 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $85,390 | 26,030 |
| Legal | $82,400 | 7,720 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $78,140 | 97,480 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $77,380 | 92,000 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $72,690 | 12,580 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $58,350 | 62,250 |
| Construction and Extraction | $54,960 | 61,300 |
| Community and Social Service | $50,550 | 22,640 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $49,260 | 16,150 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $49,250 | 89,420 |
| Protective Service | $49,200 | 31,390 |
| Production | $48,160 | 117,010 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $44,670 | 162,170 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $44,460 | 134,910 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $39,300 | 3,670 |
| Healthcare Support | $36,640 | 67,160 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $35,820 | 38,630 |
| Sales | $35,800 | 123,760 |
| Personal Care and Service | $30,530 | 31,340 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $29,270 | 123,860 |

## Most common jobs

- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 47,140 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 33,800 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 33,360 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 33,080 workers
- [Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secretary-and-administrative-assistant): 32,120 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 29,200 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 26,750 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 24,660 workers
- [Nursing Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nursing-assistant): 24,610 workers
- [Truck Driver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/truck-driver): 24,220 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Anesthesiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/anesthesiologist): $437,030 median
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $221,540 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $212,090 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $164,830 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $160,150 median
- [Sales Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-manager): $159,990 median
- [Purchasing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/purchasing-manager): $159,850 median
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $159,380 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $158,100 median
- [Marketing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/marketing-manager): $154,510 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Aircraft Structure, Surface, Rigging, and Systems Assembler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aircraft-structure-surface-rigging-and-systems-assembler): 30.86x the national share
- [Farm Equipment Mechanic and Service Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farm-equipment-mechanic-and-service-technician): 6.09x the national share
- [Farmworker, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animal](https://nuecareer.com/careers/farmworker-farm-ranch-and-aquacultural-animal): 4.41x the national share
- [Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutter and Trimmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/meat-poultry-and-fish-cutter-and-trimmer): 3.71x the national share
- [Slaughterer and Meat Packer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/slaughterer-and-meat-packer): 3.36x the national share
- [Locomotive Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/locomotive-engineer): 3.31x the national share
- [New Accounts Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/new-accounts-clerk): 3.22x the national share
- [Railroad Conductor and Yardmaster](https://nuecareer.com/careers/railroad-conductor-and-yardmaster): 2.79x the national share
- [Aerospace Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/aerospace-engineer): 2.76x the national share
- [Interviewer, Except Eligibility and Loan](https://nuecareer.com/careers/interviewer): 2.66x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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