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
Tire Repairers and Changers	$39,570	910	View salary detail
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles	$39,400	30	View salary detail
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	$39,300	100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$39,210	7,650	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$39,200	120	View salary detail
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$39,180	40	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$39,090	360	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$39,060	470	View salary detail
Parking Enforcement Workers	$39,040	60	View salary detail
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$39,020	150	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$38,910	920	View salary detail
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	$38,620	680	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$38,570	1,600	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$38,550	3,210	View salary detail
Tellers	$38,470	2,790	View salary detail
Dietetic Technicians	$38,390	90	View salary detail
Taxi Drivers	$38,020	130	View salary detail
Tutors	$37,660	680	View salary detail
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	$37,650	490	View salary detail
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$37,600	960	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$37,400	1,190	View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant	$37,370	9,940	View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$37,360	620	View salary detail
Funeral Attendants	$37,360	200	View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants	$37,350	180	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$37,210	6,750	View salary detail
Orderlies	$37,150	320	View salary detail
Pharmacy Aides	$37,100	260	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$37,020	700	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$36,850	23,580	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$36,760	1,850	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$36,640	600	View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$36,350	12,950	View salary detail
Manicurists and Pedicurists	$36,180	1,570	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$36,080	4,470	View salary detail
Waiters and Waitresses	$36,080	16,540	View salary detail
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	$35,980	110	View salary detail
Animal Trainers	$35,950	160	View salary detail
Floral Designers	$35,950	430	View salary detail
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	$35,710	470	View salary detail
Bakers	$35,650	1,610	View salary detail
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$35,530	1,420	View salary detail
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$35,480	3,490	View salary detail
Telemarketers	$35,450	160	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$35,360	300	View salary detail
Concierges	$35,350	160	View salary detail
Costume Attendants	$35,100	40	View salary detail
Recreation Workers	$35,090	2,250	View salary detail
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$34,920	5,030	View salary detail
Dishwashers	$34,800	2,460	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.