Highest-paying management jobs in Kansas City
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Highest-paying management jobs in Kansas City
Not everyone has what it takes to be a manager in today’s workplace, and those who do tend to be well compensated.
Workers today are split on how they want to interact with their jobs. Half of workers want to blend their work and their personal lives, while the other roughly 50% prefer to keep them separate, according to Gallup polling. The lion’s share want more flexibility in where they perform their work—at a time when businesses may have to buckle in for tougher economic conditions in the year ahead.
Whether overseeing a sales team or leading a commercial building project, these are the challenges that get management professionals out of bed in the morning.
Stacker compiled a list of the highest-paying management jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS metro area using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Jobs the BLS lists as “management occupations” were included.
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#30. Lodging managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $60,880
– #123 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 140
National
– Annual mean salary: $67,770
– Employment: 35,920
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($121,090)
— Urban Honolulu, HI ($111,410)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($99,600)
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#29. Food service managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $66,960
– #79 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 880
National
– Annual mean salary: $63,970
– Employment: 210,680
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Trenton, NJ ($91,320)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,860)
— Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,750)
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#28. Social and community service managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $73,280
– #147 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 720
National
– Annual mean salary: $76,790
– Employment: 156,400
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($100,530)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($98,240)
— Charlottesville, VA ($98,200)
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#27. Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $79,260
– #27 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70
National
– Annual mean salary: $73,810
– Employment: 17,800
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Boulder, CO ($108,680)
— Lexington-Fayette, KY ($108,430)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($105,390)
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#26. Postmasters and mail superintendents
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $81,540
– #67 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 50
National
– Annual mean salary: $81,820
– Employment: 12,750
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ($97,930)
— Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($96,450)
— San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($94,460)
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#25. Emergency management directors
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $85,030
– #38 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 60
National
– Annual mean salary: $84,800
– Employment: 10,320
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($142,000)
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($124,780)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($123,170)
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#24. Funeral home managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $88,750
– #16 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 70
National
– Annual mean salary: $82,900
– Employment: 12,710
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($116,760)
— Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ($115,400)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($112,820)
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#23. Facilities managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $94,810
– #160 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 640
National
– Annual mean salary: $101,970
– Employment: 101,230
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Kennewick-Richland, WA ($146,040)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($136,440)
— Ithaca, NY ($136,210)
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#22. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $99,260
– #161 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,120
National
– Annual mean salary: $105,580
– Employment: 144,640
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($159,890)
— Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($154,170)
— Trenton, NJ ($144,620)
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#21. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $99,540
– #152 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 2,190
National
– Annual mean salary: $102,650
– Employment: 274,710
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($144,880)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($143,450)
— Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($142,330)
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#20. Construction managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $100,720
– #185 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,750
National
– Annual mean salary: $108,210
– Employment: 284,750
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Anchorage, AK ($160,710)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,050)
— Napa, CA ($145,430)
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#19. General and operations managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $104,050
– #193 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 23,730
National
– Annual mean salary: $115,250
– Employment: 2,984,920
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($165,340)
— Trenton, NJ ($165,030)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($159,210)
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#18. Education administrators, postsecondary
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $111,360
– #92 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 560
National
– Annual mean salary: $111,260
– Employment: 155,990
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Corvallis, OR ($178,570)
— Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($165,940)
— Syracuse, NY ($164,660)
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#17. Medical and health services managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $111,880
– #198 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 3,180
National
– Annual mean salary: $119,840
– Employment: 436,770
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($162,110)
— Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($157,340)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($156,370)
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#16. Administrative services managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $115,330
– #55 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,030
National
– Annual mean salary: $113,030
– Employment: 224,620
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,360)
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($142,650)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($141,950)
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#15. Advertising and promotions managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $117,700
– #30 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 170
National
– Annual mean salary: $142,860
– Employment: 22,520
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Trenton, NJ ($193,980)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($182,520)
— Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($166,620)
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#14. Industrial production managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $119,110
– #121 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,340
National
– Annual mean salary: $117,780
– Employment: 192,270
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($155,640)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($153,860)
— Fort Collins, CO ($153,470)
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#13. Training and development managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $119,790
– #56 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 150
National
– Annual mean salary: $128,800
– Employment: 35,830
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($180,360)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($176,270)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($166,410)
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#12. Fundraising managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $122,180
– #27 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 80
National
– Annual mean salary: $119,400
– Employment: 23,190
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($175,610)
— Syracuse, NY ($155,700)
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($153,980)
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#11. Public relations managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $124,640
– #57 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 300
National
– Annual mean salary: $138,000
– Employment: 59,850
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($183,410)
— Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($182,890)
— Boulder, CO ($174,250)
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#10. Human resources managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $125,740
– #104 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,010
National
– Annual mean salary: $136,590
– Employment: 166,530
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($190,020)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($186,930)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($175,410)
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#9. Purchasing managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $125,870
– #87 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 350
National
– Annual mean salary: $134,590
– Employment: 69,310
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Trenton, NJ ($181,030)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($177,010)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($174,760)
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#8. Marketing managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $134,040
– #128 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,190
National
– Annual mean salary: $153,440
– Employment: 278,690
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($210,280)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($198,870)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($191,310)
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#7. Natural sciences managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $134,130
– #58 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 300
National
– Annual mean salary: $156,110
– Employment: 74,760
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($222,360)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($219,240)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($216,750)
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#6. Compensation and benefits managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $137,520
– #28 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 80
National
– Annual mean salary: $139,470
– Employment: 15,330
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($190,560)
— Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($187,770)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($177,130)
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#5. Computer and information systems managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $139,740
– #124 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 3,310
National
– Annual mean salary: $162,930
– Employment: 485,190
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,030)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($211,470)
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($202,800)
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#4. Sales managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $146,980
– #32 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 3,000
National
– Annual mean salary: $142,390
– Employment: 453,800
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($198,960)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($196,910)
— Boulder, CO ($182,820)
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#3. Architectural and engineering managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $147,120
– #123 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,040
National
– Annual mean salary: $158,970
– Employment: 187,100
– Metros with highest average pay:
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($228,000)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($206,050)
— Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL ($198,430)
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#2. Financial managers
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $147,270
– #65 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 3,850
National
– Annual mean salary: $153,460
– Employment: 681,070
– Metros with highest average pay:
— New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($209,100)
— San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($201,330)
— San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($188,900)
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#1. Chief executives
Kansas City, MO-KS
– Annual mean salary: $211,880
– #126 highest pay among all metros
– Employment: 1,460
National
– Annual mean salary: $213,020
– Employment: 200,480
– Metros with highest average pay:
— Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($313,440)
— Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($298,960)
— Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($296,480)
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