Kansas nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Kansas nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Kansas nonmetropolitan area
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education publishes $50,860 here versus $72,040 nationally (-29.4%; 3,980metro-area jobs). Next is Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers at $48,080 locally versus $38,300 nationally (+25.5%).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$50,860 in Kansas nonmetropolitan area sits 29.4% below the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (3,980 published local jobs).
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers$48,080 in Kansas nonmetropolitan area sits 25.5% above the national Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers median of $38,300 (4,550 published local jobs).
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$31,570 in Kansas nonmetropolitan area sits 24.2% below the national Substitute Teachers, Short-Term median of $41,670 (3,140 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$81,790 in Kansas nonmetropolitan area sits 22.7% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (5,550 published local jobs).
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Kansas nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 2000006 · Kansas nonmetropolitan area $52K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #451/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MOST 485 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $338K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Terre Haute, IN
- BOOK-FULL 472 rows · May 2025
Read with Terre Haute, IN (+$14 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Kansas nonmetropolitan area
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Financial Managers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Kansas nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 980 jobs · $132,190
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 920 jobs · $120,180
- 3. Sales Managers 840 jobs · $136,910
- 4. Pharmacists 830 jobs · $138,040
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 800 jobs · $126,110
- 6. Physicians, All Other 760 jobs · $337,760
- 7. Chief Executives 650 jobs · $126,450
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 430 jobs · $132,520
- 9. Construction Managers 400 jobs · $119,150
- 10. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 330 jobs · $122,230
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 310 jobs · $153,830
- 12. Physician Assistants 260 jobs · $129,820
- 13. Human Resources Managers 230 jobs · $117,850
- 14. Facilities Managers 180 jobs · $117,270
- 15. Marketing Managers 170 jobs · $136,550
- 16. Purchasing Managers 160 jobs · $126,380
- 17. Optometrists 140 jobs · $126,150
- 18. Nurse Anesthetists 80 jobs · $229,230
Occupations Tracked
485
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,613
employment-weighted, 472 complete rows
Top Salary
$337,760
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Kansas nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial Managers | $132,190 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $120,180 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $136,910 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $138,040 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,110 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $337,760 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $126,450 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $132,520 |
| 9 | Construction Managers | $119,150 |
| 10 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $122,230 |
| 11 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $153,830 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $129,820 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $117,850 |
| 14 | Facilities Managers | $117,270 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $136,550 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $126,380 |
| 17 | Optometrists | $126,150 |
| 18 | Nurse Anesthetists | $229,230 |
| 19 | Family Medicine Physicians | $207,500 |
| 20 | Chemical Engineers | $115,930 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $129,960 |
| 22 | Public Relations Managers | $123,040 |
| 23 | Petroleum Engineers | $118,650 |
| 24 | Training and Development Managers | $139,620 |
| 25 | Atmospheric and Space Scientists | $109,300 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Kansas nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Sales and Related Workers, All Other | $15,550 |
| Office Clerks, General | $22,200 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $23,390 |
| Dishwashers | $23,430 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $23,760 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $24,460 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $24,670 |
| Bartenders | $25,470 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,040 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,220 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in KS
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside KS. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($51,613 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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