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Highest Paying Jobs in Kansas

The highest paying job in Kansas is anesthesiologist, with an average salary of $375,020 a year, followed by psychiatrist ($265,280) and family medicine physician ($236,160). All 496 jobs in Kansas below are ranked by average pay from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

#1 Anesthesiologist $375,020 average a year #2 Psychiatrist $265,280 average a year #3 Family medicine physician $236,160 average a year

Highest Paying Jobs in Kansas, ranked

of 496 jobs match.

# Job Average Median
1 Anesthesiologist Healthcare Practitioners $375,020 $437,030
2 Psychiatrist Healthcare Practitioners $265,280 $278,100
3 Family medicine physician Healthcare Practitioners $236,160 $229,390
4 CEO Management $222,710 $158,100
5 Obstetrician and gynecologist Healthcare Practitioners $222,220 $220,770
6 Pediatrician Healthcare Practitioners $221,860 $209,840
7 Nurse anesthetist Healthcare Practitioners $206,320 $212,090
8 Radiologist Healthcare Practitioners $199,480 $179,990
9 Financial manager Management $171,510 $159,380
10 Computer and information systems manager Management $171,190 $164,830
11 Law teacher, postsecondary Education and Library $169,190 $138,670
12 Sales manager Management $168,320 $159,990
13 Architectural and engineering manager Management $166,850 $160,150
14 Marketing manager Management $163,980 $154,510
15 Purchasing manager Management $163,580 $159,850
16 Airline pilot Transportation and Material Moving $163,070 $143,580
17 Natural sciences manager Management $161,130 $153,820
18 Air traffic controller Transportation and Material Moving $149,440 $159,700
19 Financial advisor Business and Financial $149,410 $102,530
20 Training and development manager Management $149,360 $130,330
21 Human resources manager Management $147,500 $134,470
22 Optometrist Healthcare Practitioners $140,510 $138,580
23 Advertising and promotions manager Management $139,950 $148,560
24 Pharmacist Healthcare Practitioners $136,170 $137,800
25 Sales representative, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific product Sales $135,820 $130,850
26 Public relations manager Management $135,260 $129,760
27 Actuary Computer and Mathematical $135,160 $125,010
28 Industrial production manager Management $134,560 $125,750
29 Fundraising manager Management $134,420 $121,210
30 Education administrator, postsecondary Management $131,360 $110,020
31 Lawyer Legal $130,530 $106,650
32 Engineering teacher, postsecondary Education and Library $127,950 $115,160
33 Nurse practitioner Healthcare Practitioners $127,940 $126,650
34 Physician assistant Healthcare Practitioners $127,240 $125,640
35 Administrative services manager Management $125,830 $118,570
36 Facilities manager Management $125,580 $117,270
37 Medical and health services manager Management $125,580 $111,030
38 Aerospace engineer Architecture and Engineering $125,550 $130,330
39 Database architect Computer and Mathematical $124,980 $129,990
40 Compensation and benefits manager Management $124,320 $114,070
41 Judge, magistrate judge, and magistrate Legal $123,200 $148,910
42 Construction manager Management $120,510 $120,810
43 Statistician Computer and Mathematical $118,170 $111,780
44 Veterinarian Healthcare Practitioners $117,620 $107,080
45 Business teacher, postsecondary Education and Library $117,120 $83,310
46 Transportation, storage, and distribution manager Management $116,580 $106,130
47 Software developer Computer and Mathematical $116,560 $113,420
48 Materials engineer Architecture and Engineering $116,270 $100,000
49 Chemical engineer Architecture and Engineering $115,070 $102,020
50 General and operations manager Management $114,720 $92,840

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published 2026), and Employment Projections education and training assignments (2025). State pages rank jobs by average (mean) salary, which BLS publishes for every job in every state; a dash means it did not publish the median. Jobs with fewer than 20,000 workers nationally are not listed.

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About the Highest Paying Jobs

Highest Paying Jobs ranks 515 US jobs by what they actually pay, using the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey (May 2025, published 2026). Filter the list by field, by the education a job needs to start, or by a minimum salary, and sort it by median pay, average pay, what the top 10% earn, hourly wage or the number of people in the job. Ready-made rankings answer the common questions: the highest paying jobs without a degree, with only a high school diploma, with an associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree, entry-level and trade jobs, the best-paid jobs in healthcare, tech, engineering and ten other fields, and the highest paying jobs in each of the 50 states and Washington DC. Every job links to its own salary page with hourly pay, the full pay range and pay by state.

How to use it

  1. 1 Start with the full ranking, or pick a ready-made list such as jobs without a degree, a field or your state.
  2. 2 Narrow it down with the field, education and minimum pay filters, or search for a job.
  3. 3 Sort by median salary, top 10% pay, hourly wage or most workers.
  4. 4 Open any job to see its pay range, hourly and monthly pay and salary in every state.

Frequently asked questions

What is the highest paying job in Kansas?

Anesthesiologist pays the most, with an average salary of $375,020 a year. The top three are anesthesiologist ($375,020), psychiatrist ($265,280), family medicine physician ($236,160).

How many jobs in Kansas pay over $100,000?

71 of the 496 jobs in Kansas have an average salary of $100,000 or more a year.

Which well-paid job in Kansas has the most openings?

Registered nurse employs the most people among the best-paid jobs there, with about 33,800 workers and an average salary of $82,360. More people in a job usually means more openings each year.

Do jobs pay more in Kansas?

Pay is usually higher where living costs are higher, so compare a salary with rent and taxes as well. Each job’s page shows its pay in every state, and the take-home pay calculator shows a salary after state tax.