High paying engineering and architecture jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS

Every engineering and architecture 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 engineering and architecture 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

1Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$113,090
Bachelor's degree
$82,770 – $172,950520
2Electrical Engineers$110,740
Bachelor's degree
$78,080 – $166,7101,760
3Chemical Engineers$102,320
Bachelor's degree
$84,300 – $159,770380
4Industrial Engineers$100,480
Bachelor's degree
$74,200 – $155,9002,080
5Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$100,150
Associate's degree
$54,960 – $127,480600
6Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$99,920
Bachelor's degree
$61,340 – $167,5601,250
7Mechanical Engineers$99,630
Bachelor's degree
$78,070 – $136,6504,330
8Civil Engineers$98,860
Bachelor's degree
$68,040 – $155,1103,230
9Engineers, All Other$93,330
Bachelor's degree
$60,890 – $159,980580
10Mechanical Drafters$76,340
Associate's degree
$51,110 – $120,260390
11Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$74,250
Associate's degree
$50,680 – $99,250910
12Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$64,700
Associate's degree
$49,870 – $104,300580
13Architectural and Civil Drafters$63,520
Associate's degree
$45,620 – $94,4001,010
14Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$63,460
Associate's degree
$47,740 – $94,650730
15Surveying and Mapping Technicians$50,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,580 – $77,740560

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	Electronics Engineers, Except ComputerBachelor's degree	$113,090	$82,770 – $172,950	520
2	Electrical EngineersBachelor's degree	$110,740	$78,080 – $166,710	1,760
3	Chemical EngineersBachelor's degree	$102,320	$84,300 – $159,770	380
4	Industrial EngineersBachelor's degree	$100,480	$74,200 – $155,900	2,080
5	Mechanical Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$100,150	$54,960 – $127,480	600
6	Architects, Except Landscape and NavalBachelor's degree	$99,920	$61,340 – $167,560	1,250
7	Mechanical EngineersBachelor's degree	$99,630	$78,070 – $136,650	4,330
8	Civil EngineersBachelor's degree	$98,860	$68,040 – $155,110	3,230
9	Engineers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$93,330	$60,890 – $159,980	580
10	Mechanical DraftersAssociate's degree	$76,340	$51,110 – $120,260	390
11	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$74,250	$50,680 – $99,250	910
12	Industrial Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$64,700	$49,870 – $104,300	580
13	Architectural and Civil DraftersAssociate's degree	$63,520	$45,620 – $94,400	1,010
14	Civil Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$63,460	$47,740 – $94,650	730
15	Surveying and Mapping TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,900	$46,580 – $77,740	560

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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