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
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	$98,770	80	View salary detail
Management Analysts	$98,430	4,500	View salary detail
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$98,110	310	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$97,830	1,380	View salary detail
Financial and Investment Analysts	$97,680	2,050	View salary detail
Environmental Engineers	$97,180	270	View salary detail
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$97,040	60	View salary detail
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other	$96,050	110	View salary detail
Naturopathic Physicians	$96,050	110	View salary detail
Orthoptists	$96,050	110	View salary detail
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$96,030	60	View salary detail
Biochemists and Biophysicists	$95,990	90	View salary detail
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$95,630	860	View salary detail
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$94,970	1,430	View salary detail
Engineers, All Other	$93,330	580	View salary detail
Solar Energy Systems Engineers	$93,330	580	View salary detail
Photonics Engineers	$93,330	580	View salary detail
Robotics Engineers	$93,330	580	View salary detail
Mechatronics Engineers	$93,330	580	View salary detail
Nanosystems Engineers	$93,330	580	View salary detail
Wind Energy Engineers	$93,330	580	View salary detail
Microsystems Engineers	$93,330	580	View salary detail
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar	$93,330	580	View salary detail
Emergency Management Directors	$93,260	70	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$92,900	850	View salary detail
Labor Relations Specialists	$92,860	380	View salary detail
Dental Hygienists	$92,750	1,800	View salary detail
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$91,980	2,760	View salary detail
Police Identification and Records Officers	$91,490	850	View salary detail
Intelligence Analysts	$91,490	850	View salary detail
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$91,490	850	View salary detail
Millwrights	$91,380	640	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$90,640	1,140	View salary detail
General and Operations Managers	$90,490	31,080	View salary detail
Transportation Planners	$90,060	190	View salary detail
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	$90,060	190	View salary detail
Business Continuity Planners	$90,060	8,350	View salary detail
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$90,060	8,350	View salary detail
Sustainability Specialists	$90,060	8,350	View salary detail
Online Merchants	$90,060	8,350	View salary detail
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$90,060	100	View salary detail
Security Management Specialists	$90,060	8,350	View salary detail
Web Developers	$89,420	520	View salary detail
Financial Examiners	$89,300	870	View salary detail
Art Directors	$88,610	—	View salary detail
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$87,380	280	View salary detail
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$86,760	30	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathologists	$86,120	1,270	View salary detail
Tool and Die Makers	$85,740	450	View salary detail
Operations Research Analysts	$85,380	—	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.