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Average Commercial And Industrial Designers Salary in Kansas

Commercial And Industrial Designers in Kansas earn a median annual salary of $104,870, which is +25.0% compared to the national median. There are 260 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).

$104,870
Kansas median annual wage
$50/hour median
+25.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $83,910
260
Local employment
0.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.84
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$60,590
25th
$83,310
Median
$104,870
75th
$135,420
90th
$163,180

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
$116,434
Goods: 94.0%
Services: 88.4%
Rents: 71.2%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Michigan $102,160 Compare 2,930
Massachusetts $101,720 Compare 1,240
Rhode Island $101,140 Compare 190
California $100,770 Compare 5,300
Louisiana $98,040 Compare 130
Minnesota $94,370 Compare 590

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 Commercial And Industrial Designers in Kansas

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Commercial And Industrial Designers are projected to change by +3.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,500 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.