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Greater Kansas City Profile

Wages

Average Wage Rates for Selected Occupations, 2011
	Kansas City MSA	United States	KC/US
Management Occupations General & Operations Managers Sales Managers Administrative Services Managers Computer & Information Systems Managers Human Resources Managers Industrial Production Managers Transportation, Storage, & Distribution Managers	$48.57 48.38 51.87 39.62 51.43 47.26 43.28 42.49	$51.64 55.04 56.18 41.69 60.41 52.21 46.33 42.23	94 88 92 95 85 91 93 101
Business & Financial Operations Occupations Claims Adjusters, Examiners & Investigators Cost Estimators Management Analysts Accountants & Auditors Credit Analysts Financial Examiners	$31.02 29.20 31.60 37.17 29.67 30.57 42.71	$33.05 29.38 30.13 42.30 33.72 33.48 40.20	94 99 105 88 88 91 106
Computer & Mathematical Occupations Computer Programmers Software Developers Systems Software Computer Support Specialists Computer Systems Analysts Database Administrators Network & Computer Systems Administrators	$35.90 33.99 43.38 23.84 38.56 34.75 34.31	$37.85 36.54 48.28 24.91 39.58 37.19 35.71	95 93 90 99 99 93 96
Architecture and Engineering Occupations Chemical Engineers Electrical Engineers Mechanical Engineers Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technicians	$34.36 41.12 38.66 39.65 29.77	$37.08 47.81 42.88 40.17 27.52	93 86 90 99 108
Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations Food Scientists & Technologists Microbiologists Chemists Biological Technicians Chemical Technicians	$30.65 32.62 33.22 30.70 19.81 19.14	$32.44 30.85 34.48 35.95 20.33 21.42	94 106 96 85 97 89
Community & Social Services Occupations	$19.01	$21.07	90
Legal Occupations	$43.25	$47.30	91
Education, Training, & Library Occupations	$21.57	$24.46	88
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media Occupations	$22.13	$25.89	85
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations	$36.04	$34.97	103
Healthcare Support Occupations	$12.92	$13.16	98
Protective Service Occupations	$19.31	$20.54	94
Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations	$9.82	$10.30	95
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations	$12.09	$12.29	98
Personal Care & Service Occupations	$11.12	$11.84	94
Sales and Related Occupations Cashiers Counter & Rental Clerks Parts Salespersons Retail Salespersons Advertising Sales Agents Securities, Commodities, & Fin. Ser. Sales Agents Telemarketers	$19.16 9.36 12.22 15.31 12.17 26.84 45.44 13.62	$18.04 9.73 12.75 15.38 12.08 26.65 47.50 12.46	106 96 96 100 101 101 96 109
Office and Administrative Support Occupations Bill & Account Collectors Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks Credit Authorizers, Checkers, & Clerks Customer Service Representatives Order Clerks Shipping, Receiving, & Traffic Clerks Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, & Executive Computer Operators Data Entry Keyers Insurance Claims & Policy Processing Clerks Office Clerks, General	$16.20 14.52 17.17 17.64 16.14 14.23 14.26 11.22 15.13 19.14 13.82 17.95 14.75	$16.40 16.24 17.37 17.21 15.92 14.76 14.65 11.66 15.87 18.89 13.95 17.72 13.90	99 89 99 102 101 96 97 96 95 101 99 101 106
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations	$13.85	$11.68	119
Construction & Extraction Occupations	$23.58	$21.46	110
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines Industrial Machinery Mechanics Maintenance & Repair Workers, General Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$21.09 23.96 23.57 17.83 20.58	$20.86 22.48 23.09 17.75 19.77	101 107 102 100 104
Production Occupations Electrical & Electronic Equipment Assemblers Team Assemblers Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators Machinists Tool & Die Makers Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders Helpers, Production Workers	$17.71 13.28 14.93 16.52 19.00 25.65 19.40 14.63 12.71	$16.45 15.77 14.30 17.56 19.48 23.16 18.23 13.44 11.72	108 84 104 94 98 111 106 109 108
Transportation & Material Moving Occupations Conveyor Operators & Tenders Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Machine Feeders & Offbearers Packers & Packagers, Hand	$15.79 14.46 15.56 12.62 16.18 10.34	$15.96 14.90 15.31 12.68 13.67 10.81	99 97 102 100 118 95

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Estimates.
Note: This BLS program covers over 700 occupations, 600 of which are reported for the Kansas City metropolitan area. The occupations and data shown in this table reflect only a small part of the data available in the OES program. There are also OES reports for the Lawrence, KS MSA , the St. Joseph, MO MSA, and the Topeka, KS MSA. Additionally, the BLS produces an alternative wage survey for metropolitan areas called the National Compensation Survey. The Human Resource Management Association of Greater Kansas City also produces an annual salary survey.

 

 

DEFINING THE GREATER KC METRO AREA

Kansas City is a Missouri/Kansas bi-state metropolitan area. All statistical references made to Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) include the counties of Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte and Ray in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The greater Kansas City area also includes the adjoining Lawrence, KS, St. Joseph, MO, and Topeka, KS MSAs, as well as the Atchison, KS, Chillicothe, MO, Ottawa, KS, and Warrensburg, MO areas.