Highest Paying Jobs in Kansas

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

Highest Salary

$437,030

Anesthesiologists

Top 25 Average

$192,967

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

occupations

Occupations

100

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Kansas by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Anesthesiologists pays a state median of $437,030, +12% above the national median of $391,490 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 85 pay above $100,000 per year in Kansas - a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $252,466, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 35 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Kansas, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news, they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Kansas is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Kansas, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
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 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 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 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 Management Occupations	$148,560	$133,660	+11% above	40
23	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$143,580	$232,140	38% below	80
24	Economists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$138,790	$124,720	+11% above	80
25	Law Teachers, Postsecondary 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$108,610	$77,570	+40% above	50
58	Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$107,730	$77,320	+39% above	50
59	Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 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 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 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 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

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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.

Every figure on WageDex is rendered directly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, no number is typed in by an editor. 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 Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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