Wichita, KS Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Wichita, KS moved from $46,650 in May 2024 to $47,630 in May 2025 (+2.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Wichita, KS sits -1.0 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Wichita, KS
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers publishes $63,030 here versus $48,570 nationally (+29.8%; 3,590metro-area jobs). Next is Industrial Machinery Mechanics at $83,540 locally versus $64,520 nationally (+29.5%).
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$63,030 in Wichita, KS sits 29.8% above the national Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers median of $48,570 (3,590 published local jobs).
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics$83,540 in Wichita, KS sits 29.5% above the national Industrial Machinery Mechanics median of $64,520 (2,470 published local jobs).
- Software Developers$105,980 in Wichita, KS sits 22.1% below the national Software Developers median of $135,980 (2,040 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$76,540 in Wichita, KS sits 21.5% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (7,460 published local jobs).
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Wichita, KS; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 48620 · Wichita, KS $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #249/528
- RPP-LOW 88.9
- OCC-MOST 479 occs
- TOP-LEAD Pediatricians,… · $229K
- EMP-MIX Aerospace En…
- TREND-INLINE -1.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Wildwood-The Vil…
- BOOK-FULL 470 rows · May 2025
Read with Wildwood-The Villages, FL ($4 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 Wichita, KS
Where Wichita, KS already employs the upper wage tier
Aerospace Engineers and Physicians, All Other lead published employment inside Wichita, KS's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Aerospace Engineers 1,430 jobs · $130,720
- 2. Physicians, All Other 1,170 jobs · $151,470
- 3. Financial Managers 1,060 jobs · $155,060
- 4. Sales Managers 960 jobs · $134,650
- 5. Lawyers 690 jobs · $121,510
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 690 jobs · $116,100
- 7. Pharmacists 580 jobs · $142,400
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 550 jobs · $156,130
- 9. Industrial Production Managers 510 jobs · $127,360
- 10. Managers, All Other 470 jobs · $131,710
- 11. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 380 jobs · $117,870
- 12. Chief Executives 350 jobs · $198,910
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 350 jobs · $154,310
- 14. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 320 jobs · $112,010
- 15. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 260 jobs · $163,230
- 16. Marketing Managers 240 jobs · $150,210
- 17. Physician Assistants 240 jobs · $121,640
- 18. Facilities Managers 230 jobs · $113,310
Occupations Tracked
479
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,372
employment-weighted, 470 complete rows
Top Salary
$228,820
Pediatricians, General
Cost of Living
88.9
11% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Wichita, 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 | Aerospace Engineers | $130,720 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $151,470 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $155,060 |
| 4 | Sales Managers | $134,650 |
| 5 | Lawyers | $121,510 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $116,100 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $142,400 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $156,130 |
| 9 | Industrial Production Managers | $127,360 |
| 10 | Managers, All Other | $131,710 |
| 11 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $117,870 |
| 12 | Chief Executives | $198,910 |
| 13 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $154,310 |
| 14 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $112,010 |
| 15 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $163,230 |
| 16 | Marketing Managers | $150,210 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $121,640 |
| 18 | Facilities Managers | $113,310 |
| 19 | Nurse Anesthetists | $205,540 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $132,050 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $155,970 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $123,940 |
| 23 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $148,910 |
| 24 | Pediatricians, General | $228,820 |
| 25 | Chemical Engineers | $128,780 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Wichita, KS
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,500 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $23,120 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $24,190 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $25,580 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $27,420 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,420 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,550 |
| Telemarketers | $27,670 |
| School Bus Monitors | $27,790 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,870 |
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 ($58,372 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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