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
Power Plant Operators	$79,980	520	View salary detail
Hydroelectric Plant Technicians	$79,980	520	View salary detail
Biomass Plant Technicians	$79,980	520	View salary detail
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	$79,730	230	View salary detail
Millwrights	$79,690	840	View salary detail
Epidemiologists	$79,620	70	View salary detail
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$79,320	33,800	View salary detail
Acute Care Nurses	$79,320	33,800	View salary detail
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$79,320	33,800	View salary detail
Registered Nurses	$79,320	33,800	View salary detail
Critical Care Nurses	$79,320	33,800	View salary detail
Social and Community Service Managers	$79,260	1,570	View salary detail
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	$79,240	610	View salary detail
Accountants and Auditors	$79,000	13,610	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$78,880	1,450	View salary detail
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,800	80	View salary detail
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,630	110	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$78,390	6,780	View salary detail
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians	$78,350	580	View salary detail
Wind Turbine Service Technicians	$78,240	330	View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists	$78,210	590	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$78,210	590	View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$78,210	590	View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts	$78,210	590	View salary detail
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$77,720	290	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	$77,360	340	View salary detail
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other	$77,330	170	View salary detail
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$77,290	4,570	View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators	$77,100	780	View salary detail
Insurance Underwriters	$77,070	1,230	View salary detail
Respiratory Therapists	$76,970	1,450	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	$76,920	90	View salary detail
Solar Energy Installation Managers	$76,780	8,940	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$76,780	8,940	View salary detail
Therapists, All Other	$76,740	170	View salary detail
Music Therapists	$76,740	170	View salary detail
Art Therapists	$76,740	170	View salary detail
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$76,690	400	View salary detail
Biologists	$76,400	760	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists	$76,400	760	View salary detail
Geneticists	$76,400	760	View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other	$76,400	760	View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	$76,400	760	View salary detail
Cost Estimators	$76,250	2,250	View salary detail
Photonics Engineers	$76,100	780	View salary detail
Robotics Engineers	$76,100	780	View salary detail
Microsystems Engineers	$76,100	780	View salary detail
Mechatronics Engineers	$76,100	780	View salary detail
Wind Energy Engineers	$76,100	780	View salary detail
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar	$76,100	780	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.