Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Manhattan, KS

321 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Manhattan, KS for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$52,570	100	View salary detail
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$52,220	280	View salary detail
Customs and Border Protection Officers	$52,220	280	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$51,820	90	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$51,750	480	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$51,720	170	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$51,640	40	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$51,630	40	View salary detail
Machinists	$51,630	100	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$51,620	60	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$51,610	200	View salary detail
Carpenters	$51,600	300	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$51,270	90	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$51,270	90	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$51,230	220	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$51,060	110	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$50,550	180	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$50,330	40	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$49,800	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$49,780	50	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$49,750	50	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$49,750	50	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$49,750	50	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$49,750	50	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$49,520	570	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$49,160	70	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$49,040	250	View salary detail
Paramedics	$48,950	50	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$48,640	40	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$47,890	70	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$47,760	80	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$47,750	60	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$47,730	420	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$47,490	70	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$47,050	70	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$46,370	570	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$46,110	40	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,030	90	View salary detail
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$46,000	50	View salary detail
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$46,000	50	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$45,980	170	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$45,930	50	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$45,850	150	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$45,570	560	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$45,330	110	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$45,310	420	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$45,290	130	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$44,820	80	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$44,410	240	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$44,350	80	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.