Best jobs in Kansas
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Kansas, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Kansas (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Kansas pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$437,030 vs $391,490 · +11.6%
$311,630 vs $358,550 · -13.1%
$126,650 vs $132,300 · -4.3%
$49,990 vs $53,140 · -5.9%
$78,240 vs $64,120 · +22.0%
$27,580 vs $31,200 · -11.6%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 667 scored occupations — show all 667show top 25
#
Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
99
$130,850
+1.9%
34
104
$62,580
+3.1%
34
128
$68,960
+0.3%
31
156
$62,940
+3.7%
28
272
$48,860
+6.3%
21
306
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$43,520
+4.6%
20
348
$61,270
+2.3%
18
529
$44,290
+2.0%
13
533
$46,270
+1.2%
13
550
$46,840
-12.1%
12
570
$52,030
-13.7%
12
575
$50,320
-1.1%
11
580
$48,790
-4.3%
11
587
$43,050
-3.8%
11
606
$42,710
-12.0%
10
608
$47,310
-13.6%
10
Live jobs in Kansas
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Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.