Highest Paying Jobs in Kansas

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Occupation Median

$437,030

Anesthesiologists

Mean of Top 25 Medians

$192,967

each occupation weighted once

Medians ≥ $100K

occupations

Occupations

100

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This ranking is drawn from the BLS OEWS May 2025 release for Kansas. The top occupation's state median is +12% above the national median of $391,490 for the same role. The equal-weighted mean of the top ten published occupation medians is $252,466. It is not a worker mean or median.

The "Difference" column subtracts or compares each state median with the corresponding national median for the same SOC code. In this list, 35 of 100 occupation medians are above the corresponding national median in Kansas. These values do not identify why the state and national estimates differ.

This ranking orders published occupation medians; it does not identify career stages, individual earning potential, or the odds of obtaining a job. The employment column contains estimated jobs in covered establishments. Occupation profiles separately show BLS projection and typical-entry education assignments where available. OEWS includes tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. Employer benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, and nonproduction bonuses are outside the estimate, so review those separately for any specific offer. Open a linked profile to compare percentile boundaries, BLS education assignments, local-area estimates, and projected openings without treating one measure as a personal forecast.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Estimated Jobs
1	Anesthesiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$437,030	$391,490	+12% above	600
2	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$311,630	$358,550	13% below	N/A
3	Psychiatrists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$278,100	$281,870	1% below	60
4	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$229,390	$244,180	6% below	210
5	Physicians, Pathologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$224,280	$312,400	28% below	30
6	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$221,540	$265,930	17% below	5,230
7	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$220,770	$292,910	25% below	N/A
8	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$212,090	$236,590	10% below	910
9	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$209,840	$210,040	same as	110
10	Radiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$179,990	$420,860	57% below	N/A
11	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$164,830	$175,140	6% below	4,050
12	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$160,150	$171,270	6% below	2,010
13	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$159,990	$148,270	+8% above	6,820
14	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$159,850	$148,080	+8% above	920
15	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$159,700	$148,080	+8% above	430
16	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$159,380	$166,570	4% below	5,190
17	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$158,100	$213,990	26% below	1,960
18	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$154,510	$166,790	7% below	1,570
19	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$153,820	$167,220	8% below	240
20	Medical Dosimetrists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$150,670	$147,470	+2% above	40
21	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$148,910	$153,990	3% below	420
22	Advertising and Promotions Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). Management Occupations	$148,560	$133,660	+11% above	40
23	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$143,580	$232,140	38% below	80
24	Economists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$138,790	$124,720	+11% above	80
25	Law Teachers, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$138,670	$128,500	+8% above	50
26	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$138,580	$136,570	+1% above	660
27	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$137,800	$140,910	2% below	3,500
28	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$134,470	$149,280	10% below	1,290
29	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$131,710	$141,900	7% below	2,690
30	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales and Related Occupations	$130,850	$104,920	+25% above	2,440
31	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$130,330	$133,000	2% below	230
32	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$130,330	$134,960	3% below	1,730
33	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$129,990	$139,500	7% below	360
34	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$129,760	$146,910	12% below	300
35	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$126,650	$132,300	4% below	3,780
36	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). Legal Occupations	$126,570	$117,860	+7% above	40
37	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$125,750	$126,060	same as	2,420
38	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$125,640	$135,880	8% below	890
39	Actuaries Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$125,010	$130,000	4% below	180
40	Fundraising Managers Management Occupations	$121,210	$125,470	3% below	160
41	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$120,810	$114,990	+5% above	2,960
42	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$118,570	$114,130	+4% above	1,150
43	Education Administrators, All Other Management Occupations	$117,810	$95,200	+24% above	280
44	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$117,270	$106,660	+10% above	1,080
45	Power Distributors and Dispatchers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). Production Occupations	$116,810	$106,730	+9% above	90
46	Petroleum Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$115,640	$144,910	20% below	110
47	Materials Scientists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$115,490	$117,790	2% below	40
48	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$115,160	$109,270	+5% above	280
49	Compensation and Benefits Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). Management Occupations	$114,070	$149,230	24% below	70
50	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$113,420	$135,980	17% below	13,580
51	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$112,480	$98,700	+14% above	200
52	Statisticians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$111,780	$105,650	+6% above	80
53	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$111,030	$123,860	10% below	5,120
54	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$110,020	$104,590	+5% above	1,760
55	Atmospheric and Space Scientists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$109,300	$99,070	+10% above	80
56	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$108,830	$105,310	+3% above	240
57	Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$108,610	$77,570	+40% above	50
58	Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$107,730	$77,320	+39% above	50
59	Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$107,120	$85,020	+26% above	90
60	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$107,080	$130,100	18% below	1,000
61	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$106,650	$159,670	33% below	4,190
62	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$106,130	$107,230	1% below	1,150
63	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$105,440	$123,220	14% below	680
64	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$104,970	$103,020	+2% above	280
65	Commercial and Industrial Designers Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$104,870	$83,910	+25% above	260
66	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$103,740	$130,220	20% below	770
67	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$103,490	$123,920	16% below	130
68	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$103,380	$116,580	11% below	1,340
69	Transportation Inspectors Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$103,380	$92,100	+12% above	210
70	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$102,690	$115,160	11% below	120
71	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$102,630	$120,630	15% below	2,100
72	Personal Financial Advisors Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$102,530	$105,070	2% below	4,150
73	Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). Management Occupations	$102,490	$89,900	+14% above	40
74	Chemical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$102,020	$125,040	18% below	280
75	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers Production Occupations	$101,880	$96,710	+5% above	950
76	Computer Hardware Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$101,750	$161,740	37% below	220
77	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$101,750	$103,170	1% below	80
78	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$101,620	$95,320	+7% above	1,610
79	Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,770	$105,850	5% below	3,740
80	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,620	$129,180	22% below	1,830
81	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,610	$134,050	25% below	1,770
82	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$100,530	$105,870	5% below	2,520
83	Database Administrators Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,170	$104,620	4% below	440
84	Project Management Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$100,010	$102,320	2% below	6,030
85	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$100,000	$112,860	11% below	270
86	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$99,830	$102,440	3% below	3,450
87	Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$99,420	$84,890	+17% above	60
88	Occupational Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$99,170	$100,330	1% below	1,560
89	Physical Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$98,290	$102,760	4% below	2,660
90	Data Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$98,130	$120,230	18% below	490
91	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$98,000	$124,900	22% below	220
92	Biochemists and Biophysicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$97,850	$127,410	23% below	140
93	Audiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$97,250	$95,780	+2% above	200
94	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$97,140	$100,310	3% below	110
95	Civil Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$96,880	$100,840	4% below	2,880
96	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$96,310	$96,590	same as	670
97	Teachers and Instructors, All Other Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$94,520	$66,140	+43% above	720
98	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$94,490	$104,300	9% below	1,140
99	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$94,070	$107,110	12% below	320
100	Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$93,830	$93,250	+1% above	170

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 3.9% under 100 workers against 2.3% at 100 or more (May 2025 state estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Kansas. The "Difference" column shows how Kansas pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex · August 10, 2026

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