High paying creative and media jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS

Every creative and media occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kansas City, MO-KS. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single creative and media job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Kansas City, MO-KS run 7.5% below the national average (2024), so a Kansas City, MO-KS salary is worth about 1.08× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Kansas City, MO-KS · Employed

1Technical Writers$76,590
Bachelor's degree
$55,140 – $112,330350
2Public Relations Specialists$68,050
Bachelor's degree
$43,750 – $112,8101,950
3Producers and Directors$66,470
Bachelor's degree
$40,450 – $125,820440
4Editors$65,180
Bachelor's degree
$44,480 – $115,350380
5Interior Designers$65,160
Bachelor's degree
$47,640 – $105,060500
6Graphic Designers$59,990
Bachelor's degree
$41,100 – $97,2901,720
7Audio and Video Technicians$50,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$39,380 – $80,820390
8Coaches and Scouts$45,100
Bachelor's degree
$15,080 – $81,2702,140
9Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$43,370
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,170 – $53,6001,160
10Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials$37,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,480 – $63,160490
11Floral Designers$35,950
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,690 – $46,110430

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianKansas City, MO-KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Technical WritersBachelor's degree	$76,590	$55,140 – $112,330	350
2	Public Relations SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$68,050	$43,750 – $112,810	1,950
3	Producers and DirectorsBachelor's degree	$66,470	$40,450 – $125,820	440
4	EditorsBachelor's degree	$65,180	$44,480 – $115,350	380
5	Interior DesignersBachelor's degree	$65,160	$47,640 – $105,060	500
6	Graphic DesignersBachelor's degree	$59,990	$41,100 – $97,290	1,720
7	Audio and Video TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,300	$39,380 – $80,820	390
8	Coaches and ScoutsBachelor's degree	$45,100	$15,080 – $81,270	2,140
9	Merchandise Displayers and Window TrimmersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,370	$35,170 – $53,600	1,160
10	Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports OfficialsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,650	$29,480 – $63,160	490
11	Floral DesignersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,950	$28,690 – $46,110	430

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kansas City, MO-KS. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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