H-1B salaries in Kansas, MO

Based on 3,457 certified H-1B filings in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$96,406
Middle 50%$79k–$125.7k
vs. national median−21%comparison median $122,699
Filings3,457FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $49,234 and $400,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$67,647
25th$79,000
50th (median)$96,406
75th$125,654
90th$160,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2020: median $80,000 (2,626 filings) FY2021: median $88,797 (2,303 filings) FY2022: median $93,032 (2,207 filings) FY2023: median $92,063 (1,662 filings) FY2024: median $92,278 (1,762 filings) FY2025: median $95,701 (1,906 filings) FY2026: median $97,552 (1,551 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 2,626 filings FY20 FY2021: 2,303 filings FY21 FY2022: 2,207 filings FY22 FY2023: 1,662 filings FY23 FY2024: 1,762 filings FY24 FY2025: 1,906 filings FY25 FY2026: 1,551 filings FY26 2,626
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$80,000$73,171$96,0002,626
FY2021$88,797$75,559$108,5282,303
FY2022$93,032$76,960$114,2082,207
FY2023$92,063$76,565$119,4681,662
FY2024$92,278$80,000$120,7001,762
FY2025$95,701$78,168$124,8161,906
FY2026$97,552$80,000$127,6791,551

Cost of living

Kansas's median H-1B salary of $96,406 is worth about $104,200 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$1,366Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Kansas City, MO-KS HUD Metro FMR Area).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$1,546Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Kansas City, MO-KS HUD Metro FMR Area).
Price level (U.S. = 100)92.5Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$104,200Median salary ÷ (price level ÷ 100).
State income tax on wagesMO: yes · KS: yesSource: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025.

Most filed jobs

JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$111,1441,132
QA Engineer$78,300194
Systems Engineer / Architect$100,813181
Data Scientist$87,000167
Civil Engineer$90,736120
Electrical Engineer$103,608105
Programmer Analyst$78,91585
Physician$210,10174
Systems Analyst$103,73067
Mechanical Engineer$94,02862
Industrial Engineer$97,41759
Network Administrator$78,10055
Database Administrator$118,22752
Internal Medicine Physician$240,17851
IT Manager$164,13350

By job title

Full Stack Developer$95.7k · 31 Solutions Architect$124.7k · 23 Java Developer$92.4k · 20 Systems Engineer$91.3k · 18 Cloud Engineer$95.7k · 15 .NET Developer$93k · 15 DevOps Engineer$99.9k · 13 Salesforce Developer$95.7k · 12 Product Manager$126.9k · 10 Site Reliability Engineer$100k · 10

Job titles with at least 10 filings in Kansas, MO. Figure: median salary · filings.