SOC 53-7011 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025
How much do Conveyor Operators and Tenders make in Wichita, KS?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Conveyor Operators and Tenders in Wichita, KS is $48,240. The 10th percentile is $37,450 and the 90th percentile is $56,780. Employment is 70.
Median annual wage
$48,240
- 10th percentile
- $37,450
- 25th percentile
- $39,930
- Median
- $48,240
- 75th percentile
- $53,050
- 90th percentile
- $56,780
- Mean
- $47,020
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Conveyor Operators and Tenders, the published 10th percentile is $37,450 and the 90th percentile is $56,780. The difference is $19,330, which is 40.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $39,930 to the 75th at $53,050, covers $13,120.
The mean annual wage is $47,020, which sits below the median of $48,240. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Wichita, KS median is 13.7% higher than the national median of $42,420 for Conveyor Operators and Tenders. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,235, which is 27.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 20.5% higher than the Kansas median of $40,030.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,240 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Conveyor Operators and Tenders at $54,235 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Conveyor Operators and Tenders. Wichita, KS ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Kansas City, MO-KS is 176 miles away, with a median of $50,410 and employment of 110. That median is 4.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,472, against $54,235 here.
Employment share
Conveyor Operators and Tenders accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Wichita, KS (70 of 308,570). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (22,930 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.54 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Wichita, KS · Conveyor Operators and Tenders by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Conveyor Operators and Tenders make in Wichita, KS?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Conveyor Operators and Tenders in Wichita, KS is $48,240. The 10th percentile is $37,450 and the 90th percentile is $56,780. Employment is 70.
How does that compare with the national median for Conveyor Operators and Tenders?
The local median is 13.7% higher than the national median of $42,420.
What is Conveyor Operators and Tenders pay in Wichita, KS after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wichita, KS is 88.946, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $48,240 is $54,235. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Wichita, KS compare with nearby metros for Conveyor Operators and Tenders?
Kansas City, MO-KS is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 176 miles away, at $50,410. Wichita, KS ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.