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Greater Kansas City Profile

Wages

Average Wage Rates for Selected Occupations, 2009
	Kansas City MSA	United States	KC/US
Management Occupations General & Operations Managers Sales Managers Administrative Services Managers Computer & Information Systems Managers Human Resources Managers, All Other Industrial Production Managers Transportation, Storage, & Distribution Managers	$47.03 46.49 51.30 37.44 51.40 45.87 41.77 39.78	$49.47 53.15 53.64 39.20 58.00 50.73 45.03 41.09	95 87 96 96 89 90 93 97
Business & Financial Operations Occupations Claims Adjusters, Examiners & Investigators Cost Estimators Management Analysts Accountants & Auditors Credit Analysts Financial Examiners	$29.43 27.00 29.32 35.12 27.88 28.07 36.55	$31.68 28.26 29.42 40.70 32.42 32.32 40.98	93 96 100 86 86 87 89
Computer & Mathematical Occupations Computer Programmers Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software Computer Support Specialists Computer Systems Analysts Database Administrators Network & Computer Systems Administrators Network Systems & Data Communications Analysts	$33.88 35.46 37.26 21.47 35.09 34.42 33.36 35.61	$36.68 35.91 46.45 22.77 38.67 35.72 34.10 36.81	92 99 80 94 91 96 98 97
Architecture and Engineering Occupations Chemical Engineers Electrical Engineers Mechanical Engineers Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technicians	$33.02 42.01 37.41 37.02 27.29	$35.38 44.07 41.47 38.74 26.64	93 95 90 96 102
Life, Physical, & Social Science Occupations Food Scientists & Technologists Microbiologists Chemists Market Research Analysts Biological Technicians Chemical Technicians	$29.99 29.85 29.22 31.42 30.37 19.87 18.21	$31.57 30.95 34.61 34.97 32.45 19.78 21.11	95 96 84 90 94 100 95
Community & Social Services Occupations	$18.77	$20.55	91
Legal Occupations	$42.89	$46.07	93
Education, Training, & Library Occupations	$20.28	$23.81	85
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media Occupations	$23.19	$24.87	93
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations	$32.24	$33.51	96
Healthcare Support Occupations	$12.94	$12.84	101
Protective Service Occupations	$18.96	$20.07	94
Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations	$9.86	$10.04	98
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations	$11.87	$12.00	99
Personal Care & Service Occupations	$11.09	$11.87	93
Sales and Related Occupations Cashiers Counter & Rental Clerks Parts Salespersons Retail Salespersons Advertising Sales Agents Securities, Commodities, & Fin. Ser. Sales Agents Telemarketers	$18.49 8.96 11.75 15.60 11.70 23.17 51.56 13.31	$17.32 9.15 11.87 14.65 11.84 25.57 43.94 11.90	107 98 99 106 99 91 117 112
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	$15.68 14.38 16.30 16.27 15.55 12.99 14.92 10.65 14.27 16.89 14.21 17.51 14.31	$15.86 15.65 16.71 16.20 15.58 14.37 14.35 11.28 14.93 18.05 13.46 17.18 13.32	99 92 98 100 100 90 104 94 96 94 106 102 107
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations	$13.79	$11.53	120
Construction & Extraction Occupations	$23.35	$20.84	112
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines Industrial Machinery Mechanics Maintenance & Repair Workers, General Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$20.73 22.02 21.99 17.65 20.66	$20.30 21.94 22.19 17.56 19.03	102 100 99 101 109
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	$17.33 15.16 14.52 15.95 18.63 28.20 17.80 15.06 12.74	$16.01 14.76 13.87 17.10 18.72 23.43 17.61 13.13 11.54	108 103 105 93 100 120 101 115 110
Transportation & Material Moving Occupations Conveyor Operators & Tenders Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Machine Feeders & Offbearers Packers & Packagers, Hand	$15.08 13.55 14.94 12.44 15.03 9.71	$15.47 14.59 15.02 12.16 13.19 10.47	97 93 99 102 114 93

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.