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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- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Kansas nonmetropolitan area at $337,760/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- Kansas nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $51,613 across 472 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan area against the statewide occupation table for KS before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.