Chief Executives in Kansas earn a median of $158,100 a year (26% below the U.S. median of $213,990), based on about 1,960 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Kansas. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.
Median annual pay
$158,100
26% below the U.S. median of $213,990
Average annual pay
$222,710
Mean wage
Pay range
$51,120–$453,350
10th to 90th percentile
Jobs in the state
1,960
Employees, May 2025
Median hourly pay
$76.01
Before taxes
The state's price level is 90.1 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $158,100 here equals roughly $175,472 after adjusting for the state's price level.
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Fields of study linked to this career by the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk (U.S. Department of Education, NCES, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics; a classification crosswalk, and many workers entered by other routes): Public Administration · Business/Commerce, General · Business Administration, Management and Operations · Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.