Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Kansas City, MO

735 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Kansas City, MO for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Remote Sensing Technicians	$55,660	420	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$55,660	420	View salary detail
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$55,560	110	View salary detail
Gem and Diamond Workers	$55,560	110	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$55,410	170	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$55,350	1,640	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$54,530	110	View salary detail
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	$54,510	330	View salary detail
Word Processors and Typists	$54,160	30	View salary detail
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$53,990	110	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$53,930	130	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$53,790	5,380	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$53,620	60	View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians	$53,500	70	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$53,360	2,570	View salary detail
Set and Exhibit Designers	$53,310	60	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$52,980	1,030	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$52,840	1,330	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$52,770	740	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$52,630	410	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$52,520	670	View salary detail
Traffic Technicians	$52,520	100	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$52,140	400	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$51,940	770	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$51,770	140	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$51,570	340	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$51,390	1,350	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$51,380	170	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$51,380	170	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$51,140	130	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$51,060	710	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$51,060	710	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$51,010	690	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$51,000	80	View salary detail
Agricultural Inspectors	$51,000	50	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$50,940	8,780	View salary detail
Rail Car Repairers	$50,910	80	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$50,900	560	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$50,770	210	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$50,670	—	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$50,650	1,850	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$50,530	230	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$50,500	6,580	View salary detail
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$50,410	110	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$50,370	370	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$50,370	370	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$50,370	370	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$50,370	370	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$50,340	620	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$50,340	620	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.