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How much do cashiers make in Kansas City, MO-KS?
- Median
- $30,700/year
- Mean
- $32,610/year
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What cashiers in Kansas City, MO earn, from low to high.
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- 1Seattle, WA$44k
- 2San Jose, CA$43k
- 3Denver, CO$38k
- 4Chicago, IL$35k
- 5Phoenix, AZ$35k
- 6Austin, TX$34k
- 7Kansas City, MO$31k
- 8Miami, FL$30k
- 9Atlanta, GA$30k
- 10Pittsburgh, PA$29k
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Cashiers in Kansas City, MO-KS: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source pay figures, job scale, price level, and survey limits as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 41-2011 and BLS area 28140.
What the Cashiers median says in Kansas City, MO-KS
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Cashiers median in Kansas City, MO-KS at $30,700 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 41-2011 and BLS area 28140.
BLS lists 24,160 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $32,610 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Kansas City, MO-KS's Cashiers median is 6.6% below the U.S. Cashiers median of $32,880 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.
Read source key 41-2011 with area 28140
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 41-2011 and area 28140. SOC 41-2011 names Cashiers. Area 28140 names Kansas City, MO-KS. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 41-2011/28140 row has 24,160 wage and salary jobs. There are 22.04 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.11. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.
For 41-2011/28140, the annual median is $30,700 per year, while the matching mean is $32,610 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
- 41-2011/28140 10th percentile: $28,600 per year.
- 41-2011/28140 25th percentile: $29,330 per year.
- 41-2011/28140 median: $30,700 per year.
- 41-2011/28140 75th percentile: $34,510 per year.
- 41-2011/28140 90th percentile: $38,160 per year.
- 41-2011/28140 employment RSE: 3.6%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.1%.
- 41-2011/28140 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.
BLS area 28140 facts behind this Cashiers page
Area 28140 reports 1,096,110 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $66,550. Its annual median is $50,820. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 41-2011 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Kansas City, MO-KS runs from $30,510 at the 10th percentile to $117,800 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $37,600. The median is $50,820. The 75th percentile is $78,900. This is a place check, not a pay range for Cashiers.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 28140. They do not show related skills or a path into Cashiers.
- 1. General and Operations Managers. Area: 28140. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 31,080. Yearly median: $90,490. Jobs per 1,000: 28.35. Location quotient: 1.26.
- 2. Registered Nurses. Area: 28140. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 29,650. Yearly median: $83,040. Jobs per 1,000: 27.05. Location quotient: 1.24.
- 3. Retail Salespersons. Area: 28140. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 26,110. Yearly median: $34,320. Jobs per 1,000: 23.82. Location quotient: 0.95.
- 4. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 28140. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 23,580. Yearly median: $36,850. Jobs per 1,000: 21.52. Location quotient: 1.18.
- 5. Customer Service Representatives. Area: 28140. SOC: 43-4051. Jobs: 22,240. Yearly median: $44,350. Jobs per 1,000: 20.29. Location quotient: 1.22.
- 6. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 28140. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 20,870. Yearly median: $32,780. Jobs per 1,000: 19.04. Location quotient: 0.69.
Read the Kansas City, MO-KS wage ladder for Cashiers
The 10th percentile is $28,600 per year. The 25th percentile is $29,330 per year. The median is $30,700 per year. The 75th percentile is $34,510 per year. The 90th percentile is $38,160 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $29,330 per year to $34,510 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $9,560. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Compare Kansas City, MO-KS with its state and the U.S.
Kansas City, MO-KS has a annual median of $30,700 per year. Missouri has $30,520 per year. The U.S. row has $32,880 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Kansas City, MO-KS is 0.6% above Missouri on the same published median. Kansas City, MO-KS is 6.6% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Kansas City, MO-KS sits for Cashiers
Kansas City, MO-KS ranks 154 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual median for Cashiers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 154 of 393 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
- 151. Ogden, UT. The Cashiers median is $30,780 per year. BLS estimates 3,920 jobs. The location quotient is 0.73.
- 152. Sheboygan, WI. The Cashiers median is $30,780 per year. BLS estimates 1,290 jobs. The location quotient is 1.07.
- 153. Punta Gorda, FL. The Cashiers median is $30,770 per year. BLS estimates 1,640 jobs. The location quotient is 1.44.
- 155. Lincoln, NE. The Cashiers median is $30,690 per year. BLS estimates 3,240 jobs. The location quotient is 0.89.
- 156. Minot, ND. The Cashiers median is $30,570 per year. BLS estimates 850 jobs. The location quotient is 1.28.
- 157. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. The Cashiers median is $30,570 per year. BLS estimates 18,270 jobs. The location quotient is 0.84.
Where Cashiers medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 41-2011, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has the highest published median in this set, at $44,210 per year. Kansas City, MO-KS sits at $30,700 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Cashiers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
- 1. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Cashiers median of $44,210 per year, or $13,510 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 30,470 jobs there, compared with 24,160 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 0.74.
- 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Cashiers median of $42,960 per year, or $12,260 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 16,530 jobs there, compared with 24,160 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 0.73.
- 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Cashiers median of $41,270 per year, or $10,570 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 38,250 jobs there, compared with 24,160 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 0.81.
- 4. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Cashiers median of $39,010 per year, or $8,310 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 1,500 jobs there, compared with 24,160 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.03.
- 5. Boulder, CO has a Cashiers median of $38,520 per year, or $7,820 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 3,100 jobs there, compared with 24,160 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 0.81.
- 6. Napa, CA has a Cashiers median of $38,500 per year, or $7,800 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 1,540 jobs there, compared with 24,160 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.
- 7. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Cashiers median of $38,440 per year, or $7,740 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 5,030 jobs there, compared with 24,160 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.23.
- 8. Bozeman, MT has a Cashiers median of $38,130 per year, or $7,430 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 1,460 jobs there, compared with 24,160 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.02.
Where BLS counts the most Cashiers jobs
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Cashiers in this same-source set, at 173,830 jobs. Kansas City, MO-KS has 24,160. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
- 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 173,830 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 149,670 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $35,950 per year, or $5,250 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.92.
- 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 109,940 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 85,780 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $36,980 per year, or $6,280 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.88.
- 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 99,240 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 75,080 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $35,010 per year, or $4,310 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 1.11.
- 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 65,070 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 40,910 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $29,910 per year, or $790 below Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.81.
- 5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 56,340 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 32,180 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $30,250 per year, or $450 below Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 1.01.
- 6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 54,950 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 30,790 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $29,350 per year, or $1,350 below Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.84.
- 7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 54,100 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 29,940 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $33,050 per year, or $2,350 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.94.
- 8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 51,180 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 27,020 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $30,010 per year, or $690 below Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.89.
How common Cashiers is in Kansas City, MO-KS
BLS lists 24,160 Cashiers jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS. It also lists 22.04 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.11. A value of 1 means Cashiers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Cashiers beside other roles in Kansas City, MO-KS
The all-occupations median in Kansas City, MO-KS is $50,820 per year. The Cashiers median is $30,700 per year. Cashiers is 39.6% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Kansas City, MO-KS. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Cashiers. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
- 1. Cooks, Fast Food, SOC 35-2011, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $30,170 per year. BLS lists 13,850 jobs and a location quotient of 3.07.
- 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers, SOC 35-3023, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $29,560 per year. BLS lists 20,120 jobs and a location quotient of 0.74.
- 3. Home Health and Personal Care Aides, SOC 31-1120, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $32,780 per year. BLS lists 20,870 jobs and a location quotient of 0.69.
- 4. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $34,320 per year. BLS lists 26,110 jobs and a location quotient of 0.95.
- 5. Waiters and Waitresses, SOC 35-3031, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $36,080 per year. BLS lists 16,540 jobs and a location quotient of 1.03.
- 6. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $36,350 per year. BLS lists 12,950 jobs and a location quotient of 0.83.
- 7. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, SOC 25-9045, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $36,520 per year. BLS lists 8,690 jobs and a location quotient of 0.87.
- 8. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $36,850 per year. BLS lists 23,580 jobs and a location quotient of 1.18.
The largest detailed roles in Kansas City, MO-KS
General and Operations Managers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Kansas City, MO-KS table, at 31,080 jobs. Cashiers has 24,160 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 1,096,110. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Cashiers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
- 1. General and Operations Managers has 31,080 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 6,920 from Cashiers. Its median is $90,490 per year, or $59,790 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.26.
- 2. Registered Nurses has 29,650 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 5,490 from Cashiers. Its median is $83,040 per year, or $52,340 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.24.
- 3. Retail Salespersons has 26,110 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 1,950 from Cashiers. Its median is $34,320 per year, or $3,620 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.95.
- 4. Stockers and Order Fillers has 23,580 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 580 from Cashiers. Its median is $36,850 per year, or $6,150 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.18.
- 5. Customer Service Representatives has 22,240 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 1,920 from Cashiers. Its median is $44,350 per year, or $13,650 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.22.
- 6. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 20,870 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 3,290 from Cashiers. Its median is $32,780 per year, or $2,080 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.69.
- 7. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 20,120 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 4,040 from Cashiers. Its median is $29,560 per year, or $1,140 below Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.74.
- 8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 19,070 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 5,090 from Cashiers. Its median is $41,700 per year, or $11,000 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.92.
Published role medians around Kansas City, MO-KS
Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Kansas City, MO-KS role table, at $124,990 per year. Cashiers has $30,700 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $50,820 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
- 1. Software Developers has a median of $124,990 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $94,290 above Cashiers. BLS lists 12,160 jobs, compared with 24,160 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.02.
- 2. Project Management Specialists has a median of $101,050 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $70,350 above Cashiers. BLS lists 8,380 jobs, compared with 24,160 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.11.
- 3. General and Operations Managers has a median of $90,490 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $59,790 above Cashiers. BLS lists 31,080 jobs, compared with 24,160 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.26.
- 4. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $90,060 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $59,360 above Cashiers. BLS lists 8,350 jobs, compared with 24,160 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.09.
- 5. Registered Nurses has a median of $83,040 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $52,340 above Cashiers. BLS lists 29,650 jobs, compared with 24,160 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.24.
- 6. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $80,040 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $49,340 above Cashiers. BLS lists 11,260 jobs, compared with 24,160 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.1.
- 7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $66,780 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $36,080 above Cashiers. BLS lists 8,860 jobs, compared with 24,160 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.87.
- 8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $66,250 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $35,550 above Cashiers. BLS lists 9,930 jobs, compared with 24,160 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.14.
What $30,700 may mean after the Kansas City, MO-KS price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Kansas City, MO-KS is 92.5. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 7.5% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $30,700 Cashiers median by 92.5 divided by 100. The result is $33,174 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 86.6. Goods are 94.1. Utilities are 89.0. Other services are 93.4. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
How much care to use with the Kansas City, MO-KS row
The employment RSE for this Cashiers row is 3.6%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.1%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 24,160 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $32,610 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Use Kansas City, MO-KS wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Cashiers. It uses a Kansas City, MO-KS place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $30,700 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Cashiers row for Kansas City, MO-KS does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 24,160 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.11 is not a growth score. Rank 154 of 393 is not a place score. The 92.5 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 41-2011 in BLS area 28140. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.