Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Topeka, KS

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$56,610	40	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$56,600	120	View salary detail
Machinists	$56,400	150	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$56,390	770	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$56,050	150	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$56,050	150	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$56,050	150	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$55,630	110	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	$55,140	60	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$55,030	80	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$54,310	380	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$53,930	90	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$53,720	30	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$53,590	30	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$53,430	210	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$53,290	30	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$53,290	30	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$53,290	30	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$53,270	60	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$52,580	120	View salary detail
Clergy	$52,170	40	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$52,050	120	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$51,670	160	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$51,610	—	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$51,610	—	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$51,390	330	View salary detail
Carpenters	$51,210	360	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$50,800	60	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$50,350	350	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$50,250	50	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$49,440	900	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$49,300	40	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$49,270	50	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$49,140	2,140	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$49,140	2,140	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$49,100	100	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$48,860	190	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	$48,620	70	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,600	130	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$48,570	100	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$48,510	90	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$48,470	90	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$48,460	510	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$48,370	50	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$48,350	1,260	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$48,320	510	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$48,290	60	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$48,290	60	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$48,140	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$48,120	120	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.