DID YOU KNOW? Data for this survey is collected in more than 300 industries.

This table shows the top 20 occupations with the greatest estimated employment in Kansas in the 2007 Survey,
and the average hourly wage paid in each occupation.

2006 Q2 Mean
Occupation Employment Wage

Retail Salespersons........................................................................................
Cashiers......................................................................................................
Registered Nurses.........................................................................................
37,950
34,970
23,590
$10.46
$7.90
$23.64
Kansas
Waiters and Waitresses.................................................................................
Office Clerks, General...................................................................................
23,250
22,830
$7.12
$10.50
Wage
Customer Service Representatives...................................................................
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks................................................
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food..............
22,360
21,920
21,160
$13.18
$13.25
$6.94
Survey
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners...................... 20,290 $9.71
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants........................................................ 19,990 $10.02
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor - Trailer......................................................... 19,300 $17.02
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand................................... 18,450 $10.96
2007 Edition
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education...................................... 17,560 NA
General and Operations Managers................................................................ 17,500 $38.37
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers........................................................................ 17,080 $10.83
Teacher Assistants......................................................................................... 16,680 NA
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers.... 16,360 $19.27
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants........................................... 16,210 $16.37
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive............................................
Team Assemblers...........................................................................................
16,070
15,080
$11.47
$12.71 AT A GL ANCE
The Kansas Wage Survey is a great tool for everyone.
“The Kansas Wage Survey is comprehensive because it contains data on so many jobs, including the five
metropolitan areas, and the balance of state. It’s another useful tool to assist in establishing wages. It’s
efficient in that these survey results include a wide variety of jobs in one publication. We appreciate the effort
it takes to compile this information.”
DID YOU KNOW?
Naomi Strong, Human Resources Director, Rhatigan Student Center, Wichita State University
This survey represents approximately
15,000 Kansas employers contacted
For further information, please contact: Dorothy D. Stites, Director
Labor Market Information Services, Kansas Department of Labor over a three-year period.
401 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS 66603-3182
Phone: 785-296-5058 Web site: www.dol.ks.gov E-mail: Dorothy.Stites@dol.ks.gov
K-R&I- P 442 (Rev. 9-07)
 Obstetricians and gynecologists have the The lowest paying occupation in Kansas is
highest average wage in Kansas, at $90.91 Fast Food Cooks. The average wage for these
an hour. Nationally the average hourly wage workers is $6.81 an hour, $.86 lower than the
for obstetricians and gynecologists is $85.60. national average.

As shown in the table below, six of the top 10 None of the 10 lowest paying occupations in
highest paying wages in Kansas pay more than Kansas paid more than the national average.
the national average.
Doniphan County MSA Kansas City MSA Lawrence MSA
Topeka MSA Wichita MSA Balance of State
Highest Hourly Mean Wage Lowest Hourly Mean Wage
Location can play a role in how much a worker Kansas vs National Kansas vs National
is paid. In the Kansas Wage Survey, the state $69.52 Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, $8.85
Chief Executives National and Other Recreational
$59.33 $7.23
is separated into five geographic areas called Protective Service Workers
Kansas National
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and the Pediatricians, $68.00 $7.78
General $63.82 Dishwashers Kansas
Balance of State to help compare wages across $7.14
the state. (see map above) Dentists, General
$67.76 $8.27
$65.82 Waiters and Waitresses
$7.12
Are you curious about the average wage for $56.97
Podiatrists Food Servers, $9.48
an accountant in your area? Hourly wages for $75.13 Nonrestaurant $7.10
accountants in each of Kansas’s geographic $77.34
Internists, General Ushers, Lobby Attendants, $8.41
regions are shown below. $77.39 and Ticket Takers $7.08
Physicians
To find wages for all occupations in Kansas or and Surgeons, $68.38 Motion Picture $9.70
All Other $82.00 Projectionists $7.00
in your area, refer to the Kansas Wage Survey
$88.63 Dining Room and
results online. Anesthesiologists
$82.03 Cafeteria Attendants
$7.84
and Bartender Helpers $7.00
Family and
Accountant Wages by MSA General
$72.04 Combined Food Preparation $7.66
$85.54 and Serving Workers,
$30 $26.81
Practitioners Including Fast Food $6.94
$25.65 $23.86 $25.02 $24.22
$25 $72.11 Counter Attendants, $8.15
Psychiatrists
$87.00 Cafeteria, Food Concession
$20 and Coffee Shop $6.85
Obstetricians and $85.60
$7.67
$15 Gynecologists $90.91 Cooks, Fast Food
$6.81
$10 $50.00 $60.00 $70.00 $80.00 $90.00 $100.00 $3.00 $6.00 $9.00 $12.00
$ 5
NA
$ 0 *The average hourly wage, also called the mean wage, is the estimated total wages
Doniphan Kansas Lawrence Topeka Wichita Balance
County City of State for an occupation divided by the total employment in that occupation.

Do you want to find out more information about wages in Kansas?

Refer to the complete Kansas Wage Survey results, available on the KDOL Web site at

http://www.dol.ks.gov/LMIS/wagesurvey/wagesurvey.html