How much do mechanical engineers make in Kansas City, MO-KS?

What the Mechanical Engineers median says in Kansas City, MO-KS

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Mechanical Engineers median in Kansas City, MO-KS at $99,630 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 17-2141 and BLS area 28140.

BLS lists 4,330 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 $102,280 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 Mechanical Engineers median is 4.3% below the U.S. Mechanical Engineers median of $104,110 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 17-2141 with area 28140

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 17-2141 and area 28140. SOC 17-2141 names Mechanical Engineers. Area 28140 names Kansas City, MO-KS. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 17-2141/28140 row has 4,330 wage and salary jobs. There are 3.95 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 2.07. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 17-2141/28140, the annual median is $99,630 per year, while the matching mean is $102,280 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 17-2141/28140 10th percentile: $78,070 per year.
• 17-2141/28140 25th percentile: $83,320 per year.
• 17-2141/28140 median: $99,630 per year.
• 17-2141/28140 75th percentile: $120,990 per year.
• 17-2141/28140 90th percentile: $136,650 per year.
• 17-2141/28140 employment RSE: 5.6%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.4%.
• 17-2141/28140 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 28140 facts behind this Mechanical Engineers 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 17-2141 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 Mechanical Engineers.

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 Mechanical Engineers.

• 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. Cashiers. Area: 28140. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 24,160. Yearly median: $30,700. Jobs per 1,000: 22.04. Location quotient: 1.11.
• 5. 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.
• 6. 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.

Read the Kansas City, MO-KS wage ladder for Mechanical Engineers

The 10th percentile is $78,070 per year. The 25th percentile is $83,320 per year. The median is $99,630 per year. The 75th percentile is $120,990 per year. The 90th percentile is $136,650 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 $83,320 per year to $120,990 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $58,580. 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 $99,630 per year. Missouri has $99,330 per year. The U.S. row has $104,110 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Kansas City, MO-KS is 0.3% above Missouri on the same published median. Kansas City, MO-KS is 4.3% 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 Mechanical Engineers

Kansas City, MO-KS ranks 173 of 346 among metro areas with a published annual median for Mechanical Engineers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 173 of 346 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.

• 170. Fayetteville, NC. The Mechanical Engineers median is $99,700 per year. BLS estimates 70 jobs. The location quotient is 0.27.
• 171. Madison, WI. The Mechanical Engineers median is $99,680 per year. BLS estimates 770 jobs. The location quotient is 0.98.
• 172. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The Mechanical Engineers median is $99,660 per year. BLS estimates 2,000 jobs. The location quotient is 0.37.
• 174. Vineland, NJ. The Mechanical Engineers median is $99,620 per year. BLS estimates 50 jobs. The location quotient is 0.39.
• 175. Jacksonville, FL. The Mechanical Engineers median is $99,500 per year. BLS estimates 1,210 jobs. The location quotient is 0.82.
• 176. Abilene, TX. The Mechanical Engineers median is $99,460 per year. BLS estimates 50 jobs. The location quotient is 0.37.

Where Mechanical Engineers medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 17-2141, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $168,030 per year. Kansas City, MO-KS sits at $99,630 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Mechanical Engineers 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. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Mechanical Engineers median of $168,030 per year, or $68,400 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 5,540 jobs there, compared with 4,330 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 2.56.
• 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Mechanical Engineers median of $161,370 per year, or $61,740 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 5,150 jobs there, compared with 4,330 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.14.
• 3. Baton Rouge, LA has a Mechanical Engineers median of $135,530 per year, or $35,900 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 540 jobs there, compared with 4,330 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 0.69.
• 4. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a Mechanical Engineers median of $132,920 per year, or $33,290 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 190 jobs there, compared with 4,330 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 0.99.
• 5. Salinas, CA has a Mechanical Engineers median of $132,560 per year, or $32,930 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 70 jobs there, compared with 4,330 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 0.19.
• 6. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC has a Mechanical Engineers median of $128,740 per year, or $29,110 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 980 jobs there, compared with 4,330 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 2.21.
• 7. Peoria, IL has a Mechanical Engineers median of $128,710 per year, or $29,080 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 2,120 jobs there, compared with 4,330 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 6.7.
• 8. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO has a Mechanical Engineers median of $128,180 per year, or $28,550 above Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 4,530 jobs there, compared with 4,330 in Kansas City, MO-KS. The location quotient is 1.47.

Where BLS counts the most Mechanical Engineers jobs

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has the largest published metro job estimate for Mechanical Engineers in this same-source set, at 22,500 jobs. Kansas City, MO-KS has 4,330. 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. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has 22,500 estimated Mechanical Engineers jobs, a gap of 18,170 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $109,470 per year, or $9,840 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 6.19.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 8,780 estimated Mechanical Engineers jobs, a gap of 4,450 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $123,900 per year, or $24,270 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.73.
• 3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 8,310 estimated Mechanical Engineers jobs, a gap of 3,980 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $125,350 per year, or $25,720 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 1.32.
• 4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 6,960 estimated Mechanical Engineers jobs, a gap of 2,630 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $109,990 per year, or $10,360 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.38.
• 5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 6,900 estimated Mechanical Engineers jobs, a gap of 2,570 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $102,070 per year, or $2,440 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.8.
• 6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 6,890 estimated Mechanical Engineers jobs, a gap of 2,560 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $119,300 per year, or $19,670 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 5,600 estimated Mechanical Engineers jobs, a gap of 1,270 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $105,420 per year, or $5,790 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 0.73.
• 8. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has 5,540 estimated Mechanical Engineers jobs, a gap of 1,210 jobs from Kansas City, MO-KS. Its median is $168,030 per year, or $68,400 above Kansas City, MO-KS. Its location quotient is 2.56.

Where Mechanical Engineers takes the largest share of local jobs

Columbus, IN has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 10.52. Kansas City, MO-KS has 2.07. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Mechanical Engineers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Columbus, IN has a location quotient of 10.52, a gap of 8.45 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 1,000 Mechanical Engineers jobs and a median of $127,700 per year, or $28,070 above Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 2. Peoria, IL has a location quotient of 6.7, a gap of 4.63 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 2,120 Mechanical Engineers jobs and a median of $128,710 per year, or $29,080 above Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 3. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI has a location quotient of 6.19, a gap of 4.12 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 22,500 Mechanical Engineers jobs and a median of $109,470 per year, or $9,840 above Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 4. Ann Arbor, MI has a location quotient of 5.43, a gap of 3.36 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 2,280 Mechanical Engineers jobs and a median of $127,310 per year, or $27,680 above Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 5. Lexington Park, MD has a location quotient of 4.97, a gap of 2.90 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 670 Mechanical Engineers jobs and a median of $127,650 per year, or $28,020 above Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 6. Niles, MI has a location quotient of 4.84, a gap of 2.77 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 550 Mechanical Engineers jobs and a median of $106,320 per year, or $6,690 above Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 7. Elizabethtown, KY has a location quotient of 4.56, a gap of 2.49 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 450 Mechanical Engineers jobs and a median of $102,590 per year, or $2,960 above Kansas City, MO-KS.
• 8. Kokomo, IN has a location quotient of 4.47, a gap of 2.40 from Kansas City, MO-KS. BLS lists 300 Mechanical Engineers jobs and a median of $105,410 per year, or $5,780 above Kansas City, MO-KS.

How common Mechanical Engineers is in Kansas City, MO-KS

BLS lists 4,330 Mechanical Engineers jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS. It also lists 3.95 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 2.07. A value of 1 means Mechanical Engineers 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.

Mechanical Engineers beside other roles in Kansas City, MO-KS

The all-occupations median in Kansas City, MO-KS is $50,820 per year. The Mechanical Engineers median is $99,630 per year. Mechanical Engineers is 96.0% above 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 Mechanical Engineers. 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. Project Management Specialists, SOC 13-1082, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $101,050 per year. BLS lists 8,380 jobs and a location quotient of 1.11.
• 2. General and Operations Managers, SOC 11-1021, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $90,490 per year. BLS lists 31,080 jobs and a location quotient of 1.26.
• 3. Business Operations Specialists, All Other, SOC 13-1199, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $90,060 per year. BLS lists 8,350 jobs and a location quotient of 1.09.
• 4. Registered Nurses, SOC 29-1141, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $83,040 per year. BLS lists 29,650 jobs and a location quotient of 1.24.
• 5. Accountants and Auditors, SOC 13-2011, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $80,040 per year. BLS lists 11,260 jobs and a location quotient of 1.1.
• 6. Software Developers, SOC 15-1252, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $124,990 per year. BLS lists 12,160 jobs and a location quotient of 1.02.
• 7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $66,780 per year. BLS lists 8,860 jobs and a location quotient of 0.87.
• 8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, SOC 41-4012, has a Kansas City, MO-KS median of $66,250 per year. BLS lists 9,930 jobs and a location quotient of 1.14.

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. Mechanical Engineers has 4,330 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 Mechanical Engineers'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 26,750 from Mechanical Engineers. Its median is $90,490 per year, or $9,140 below Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.26.
• 2. Registered Nurses has 29,650 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 25,320 from Mechanical Engineers. Its median is $83,040 per year, or $16,590 below Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.24.
• 3. Retail Salespersons has 26,110 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 21,780 from Mechanical Engineers. Its median is $34,320 per year, or $65,310 below Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.95.
• 4. Cashiers has 24,160 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 19,830 from Mechanical Engineers. Its median is $30,700 per year, or $68,930 below Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.11.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 23,580 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 19,250 from Mechanical Engineers. Its median is $36,850 per year, or $62,780 below Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 6. Customer Service Representatives has 22,240 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 17,910 from Mechanical Engineers. Its median is $44,350 per year, or $55,280 below Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.22.
• 7. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 20,870 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 16,540 from Mechanical Engineers. Its median is $32,780 per year, or $66,850 below Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.69.
• 8. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 20,120 jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 15,790 from Mechanical Engineers. Its median is $29,560 per year, or $70,070 below Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.74.

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. Mechanical Engineers has $99,630 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 $25,360 above Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 12,160 jobs, compared with 4,330 for Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 2. Project Management Specialists has a median of $101,050 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $1,420 above Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 8,380 jobs, compared with 4,330 for Mechanical Engineers. 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 $9,140 below Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 31,080 jobs, compared with 4,330 for Mechanical Engineers. 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 $9,570 below Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 8,350 jobs, compared with 4,330 for Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 5. Registered Nurses has a median of $83,040 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $16,590 below Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 29,650 jobs, compared with 4,330 for Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.24.
• 6. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $80,040 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS, or $19,590 below Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 11,260 jobs, compared with 4,330 for Mechanical Engineers. 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 $32,850 below Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 8,860 jobs, compared with 4,330 for Mechanical Engineers. 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 $33,380 below Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 9,930 jobs, compared with 4,330 for Mechanical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.14.

Roles with the largest local share in Kansas City, MO-KS

Cooks, Fast Food has the highest location quotient in the bounded Kansas City, MO-KS role table, at 3.07. Mechanical Engineers has 2.07. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Mechanical Engineers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 3.07 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 1.00 from Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 13,850 jobs and a median of $30,170 per year, or $69,460 below Mechanical Engineers.
• 2. Packers and Packagers, Hand has a location quotient of 2.25 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.18 from Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 8,890 jobs and a median of $44,460 per year, or $55,170 below Mechanical Engineers.
• 3. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.39 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.68 from Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 13,770 jobs and a median of $54,990 per year, or $44,640 below Mechanical Engineers.
• 4. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has a location quotient of 1.32 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.75 from Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 15,930 jobs and a median of $46,810 per year, or $52,820 below Mechanical Engineers.
• 5. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.31 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.76 from Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 13,370 jobs and a median of $39,710 per year, or $59,920 below Mechanical Engineers.
• 6. General and Operations Managers has a location quotient of 1.26 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.81 from Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 31,080 jobs and a median of $90,490 per year, or $9,140 below Mechanical Engineers.
• 7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.25 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.82 from Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 18,230 jobs and a median of $60,170 per year, or $39,460 below Mechanical Engineers.
• 8. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.24 in Kansas City, MO-KS, a gap of 0.83 from Mechanical Engineers. BLS lists 29,650 jobs and a median of $83,040 per year, or $16,590 below Mechanical Engineers.

What $99,630 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 $99,630 Mechanical Engineers median by 92.5 divided by 100. The result is $107,658 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 Mechanical Engineers row is 5.6%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.4%. 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 4,330 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $102,280 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 Mechanical Engineers. 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 $99,630 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 Mechanical Engineers 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 4,330 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 2.07 is not a growth score. Rank 173 of 346 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 17-2141 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.