Manhattan, KS Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.2) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Manhattan, KS moved from $44,510 in May 2024 to $45,900 in May 2025 (+3.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Manhattan, KS sits +0.0 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Manhattan, KS
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $27,130 here versus $31,200 nationally (-13.0%; 2,190metro-area jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,130 in Manhattan, KS sits 13.0% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,190 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Manhattan, KS; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 31740 · Manhattan, KS $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #370/528
- RPP-LOW 90.2
- OCC-MID 235 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $295K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE +0.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northwestern Ida…
- BOOK-MOST 232 rows · May 2025
Read with Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area ($16 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Manhattan, KS
Where Manhattan, KS already employs the upper wage tier
Software Developers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Manhattan, KS's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 350 jobs · $101,960
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 220 jobs · $106,330
- 3. Financial Managers 180 jobs · $137,240
- 4. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 180 jobs · $113,160
- 5. Construction Managers 150 jobs · $111,360
- 6. Computer Occupations, All Other 150 jobs · $97,470
- 7. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $294,890
- 8. Sales Managers 130 jobs · $162,920
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 120 jobs · $139,180
- 10. Lawyers 120 jobs · $124,230
- 11. Managers, All Other 110 jobs · $106,610
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $115,350
- 13. Pharmacists 80 jobs · $139,080
- 14. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $138,290
- 15. Power Plant Operators 70 jobs · $98,840
- 16. Industrial Production Managers 60 jobs · $114,990
- 17. Information Security Analysts 60 jobs · $97,490
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $157,400
Occupations Tracked
235
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,528
employment-weighted, 232 complete rows
Top Salary
$294,890
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
90.2
10% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Manhattan, KS, 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 | Software Developers | $101,960 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $106,330 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $137,240 |
| 4 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $113,160 |
| 5 | Construction Managers | $111,360 |
| 6 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $97,470 |
| 7 | Physicians, All Other | $294,890 |
| 8 | Sales Managers | $162,920 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $139,180 |
| 10 | Lawyers | $124,230 |
| 11 | Managers, All Other | $106,610 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $115,350 |
| 13 | Pharmacists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $139,080 |
| 14 | Chief Executives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $138,290 |
| 15 | Power Plant Operators Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $98,840 |
| 16 | Industrial Production Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $114,990 |
| 17 | Information Security Analysts Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $97,490 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $157,400 |
| 19 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $103,540 |
| 20 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $123,990 |
| 21 | Administrative Services Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $115,610 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $112,140 |
| 23 | Facilities Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $107,860 |
| 24 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $151,780 |
| 25 | Natural Sciences Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $140,850 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Manhattan, KS
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Driver/Sales Workers | $17,510 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $21,660 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $21,770 |
| Dishwashers | $24,370 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,240 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,130 |
| Bartenders | $27,160 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $27,460 |
| Cooks, Short Order Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $27,820 |
| Cashiers | $27,870 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($54,528 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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How to use Manhattan, KS wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Manhattan, KS at $294,890/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $54,528 adjusts to about $60,478 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 90.2. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical 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 metro 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.