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Average Aerospace Engineering And Operations Technologists And Technicians Salary in Kansas

Aerospace Engineering And Operations Technologists And Technicians in Kansas earn a median annual salary of $78,350, which is -5.5% compared to the national median. There are 580 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Kansas (state).

$78,350
Kansas median annual wage
$38/hour median
-5.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $82,890
580
Local employment
0.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
5.59
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$51,200
25th
$63,090
Median
$78,350
75th
$78,580
90th
$100,170

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Kansas, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
90.1%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$86,990
Goods: 94.0%
Services: 88.4%
Rents: 71.2%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Washington $125,160 Compare 1,590
Alaska $105,780 Compare 40
Nevada $102,980 Compare 50
California $99,000 Compare 1,560
Colorado $98,990 Compare 660
Maryland $91,820 Compare 200

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Kansas

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Anesthesiologists $437,030 1.68
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $311,630 N/A
Psychiatrists $278,100 0.22
Family Medicine Physicians $229,390 0.21
Physicians, Pathologists $224,280 0.32
Physicians, All Other $221,540 1.65
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $220,770 N/A
Nurse Anesthetists $212,090 1.90

Kansas has salary data for 677 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Anesthesiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Aerospace Engineering And Operations Technologists And Technicians in Kansas

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Aerospace Engineering And Operations Technologists And Technicians are projected to change by +8.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 900 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.