Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS are those of family medicine physician, with an average annual salary of $204,950. The second highest-paying jobs are those of all other physicians, with an average salary of $204,740.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Kansas City, MO-KS has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Kansas City, MO-KS in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$204,950	$65,720	1,380
2	All Other Physicians	$204,740	$45,750	2,760
3	Athletes and Sports Competitors	$186,170	$39,960	170
4	Nurse Anesthetists	$181,140	$135,520	370
5	Physicists	$167,100	$111,560	70
6	Chief Executives	$166,570	$68,340	1,500
7	Anesthesiologists	$166,000	$127,330	310
8	General Dentists	$163,310	$102,540	730
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$154,690	$101,360	1,140
10	Air Traffic Controllers	$145,450	$74,550	390
11	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$137,160	$94,670	3,880
12	Pharmacists	$135,580	$47,990	2,740
13	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$135,080	$69,470	180
14	Sales Managers	$134,640	$77,150	2,720
15	Mining and Geological Engineers	$134,400	$69,650	30
16	Database Architects	$133,740	$68,210	340
17	Financial Managers	$132,380	$79,280	3,850
18	Natural Sciences Managers	$131,900	$95,560	230
19	Marketing Managers	$129,750	$77,790	1,260
20	Lawyers	$129,370	$68,500	5,470
21	Purchasing Managers	$128,860	$95,380	510
22	All Other Managers	$127,820	$67,040	2,460
23	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$126,240	$62,660	80
24	Human Resources Managers	$125,620	$73,910	1,060
25	Public Relations Managers	$123,700	$74,750	400
26	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$120,690	$80,440	110
27	Nurse Practitioners	$119,840	$95,640	2,800
28	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$118,140	$55,110	90
29	Actuaries	$115,790	$77,540	290
30	Podiatrists	$115,530	$69,610	30
31	Other Physical Scientists	$114,670	$55,870	170
32	Elevator Installers and Repairers	$110,640	$62,900	140
33	Optometrists	$110,180	$60,380	260
34	Commercial Pilots	$109,710	$24,040	330
35	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$109,430	$71,520	50
36	Food Scientists and Technologists	$108,660	$44,940	100
37	Physician Assistants	$107,610	$80,730	440
38	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$107,370	$48,080	1,870
39	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$107,290	$63,700	90
40	Computer Hardware Engineers	$106,940	$76,030	610
41	Database Administrators	$106,340	$50,940	790
42	Power Plant Operators	$106,120	$62,340	280
43	Computer Occupations, All Other	$105,830	$55,410	2,570
44	Fundraising Managers	$105,410	$59,680	100
45	Industrial Production Managers	$105,100	$66,050	1,610
46	Economists	$104,480	$69,280	210
47	Other Education Administrators	$104,000	$48,170	220
48	Software Developers	$103,680	$60,280	12,690
49	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$103,670	$63,360	140
50	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$103,260	$49,650	50
51	Sales Engineers	$103,150	$53,500	220
52	Administrative Services Managers	$102,650	$59,990	1,140
53	Training and Development Managers	$101,930	$72,420	170
54	Other Psychologists	$101,920	$33,420	100
55	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$101,800	$51,700	80
56	Facilities Managers	$101,600	$62,040	770
57	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$101,010	$59,170	90
58	Computer Network Architects	$101,000	$58,330	2,110
59	Medical and Health Services Managers	$100,770	$62,940	3,280
60	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$100,550	$77,460	570
61	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$100,500	$59,890	620
62	Orthotists and Prosthetists	$100,200	$47,590	60
63	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$100,080	$66,440	2,100
64	Aerospace Engineers	$99,310	$64,400	200
65	Veterinarians	$98,920	$65,510	600
66	Electrical Engineers	$98,710	$65,880	1,990
67	Information Security Analysts	$98,610	$49,870	1,640
68	Construction Managers	$98,170	$60,200	1,990
69	Physical Therapists	$97,190	$67,470	1,690
70	Chemical Engineers	$96,200	$68,350	190
71	Genetic Counselors	$96,050	$65,050	40
72	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$95,980	$47,170	1,140
73	Statisticians	$94,880	$44,920	120
74	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$94,840	$62,310	1,000
75	Materials Engineers	$94,040	$64,400	100
76	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$93,750	$40,000	150
77	Industrial Engineers	$93,510	$62,190	2,000
78	Occupational Therapists	$92,600	$64,640	1,030
79	General and Operations Managers	$91,680	$43,330	23,810
80	Art Directors	$90,920	$52,850	310
81	Computer Systems Analysts	$90,070	$52,290	5,040
82	Emergency Management Directors	$89,980	$47,030	80
83	Postsecondary Chemistry Teachers	$89,400	$57,640	90
84	Biomedical Engineers	$88,400	$66,280	50
85	Other Postsecondary Social Sciences Teachers	$86,750	$48,680	40
86	Radiation Therapists	$85,730	$69,800	190
87	Project Management Specialists	$85,300	$49,590	4,640
88	General Pediatricians	$85,260	$67,060	260
89	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$84,800	$50,450	300
90	Postsecondary Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers	$84,460	$49,610	30
91	Data Scientists	$84,420	$50,830	1,510
92	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$83,910	$67,540	560
93	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$83,560	$48,340	720
94	Postsecondary Library Science Teachers	$83,520	$44,240	30
95	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$83,430	$61,950	170
96	Management Analysts	$83,410	$55,410	4,210
97	Postsecondary Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers	$83,210	$48,090	90
98	Audiologists	$83,080	$55,630	90
99	Other Teachers and Instructors	$83,030	$23,190	630
100	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$82,950	$55,030	3,330

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$195,850
2	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$176,610
3	Chief Executives	$169,920
4	General Dentists	$168,670
5	All Other Physicians	$168,640
6	Nurse Anesthetists	$167,240
7	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$164,830
8	Podiatrists	$153,920
9	Air Traffic Controllers	$143,270
10	Elevator Installers and Repairers	$135,450

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Chief Executives	$183,270
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$160,890
3	General Dentists	$144,840
4	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$143,720
5	Physicists	$142,010
6	Air Traffic Controllers	$139,650
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$133,360
8	Sales Managers	$133,190
9	Financial Managers	$132,990
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$132,500

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	General Pediatricians	$204,980
2	Chief Executives	$182,420
3	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$161,050
4	Physicists	$149,650
5	General Dentists	$143,360
6	Nurse Anesthetists	$141,610
7	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$134,890
8	Podiatrists	$134,020
9	Marketing Managers	$133,420
10	Air Traffic Controllers	$133,040

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