Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Kansas

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$45,530	480	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$45,510	1,570	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$45,510	910	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$45,290	520	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$45,280	740	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$45,260	280	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$45,200	310	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$45,200	1,270	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$45,110	1,370	View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	$45,020	130	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$44,990	600	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$44,920	—	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$44,890	7,920	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$44,840	9,990	View salary detail
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$44,800	100	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,760	760	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$44,740	1,290	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$44,550	220	View salary detail
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$44,460	9,900	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,290	600	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$44,290	570	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$44,110	6,530	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$43,780	1,670	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$43,730	9,140	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$43,700	630	View salary detail
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners	$43,680	80	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$43,580	470	View salary detail
Midwives	$43,430	270	View salary detail
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	$43,430	270	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$43,310	4,270	View salary detail
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	$43,270	170	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$43,260	260	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$43,180	1,950	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,050	1,240	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$43,020	6,470	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$42,900	3,300	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$42,850	3,230	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$42,710	1,010	View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$42,590	—	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$42,570	6,070	View salary detail
Rock Splitters, Quarry	$42,560	—	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$42,500	890	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$42,500	890	View salary detail
Parking Enforcement Workers	$42,420	40	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$42,270	32,120	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$42,150	300	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$42,150	300	View salary detail
File Clerks	$42,130	570	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$41,980	1,370	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$41,960	480	View salary detail

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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.