SOC 53-6061 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Passenger Attendants make in Kansas City, MO-KS?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Passenger Attendants in Kansas City, MO-KS is $32,900. The 10th percentile is $31,680 and the 90th percentile is $37,350. Employment is 140.

Median annual wage

$32,900

10th percentile
$31,680
25th percentile
$32,900
Median
$32,900
75th percentile
$35,000
90th percentile
$37,350
Mean
$34,240

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Passenger Attendants, the published 10th percentile is $31,680 and the 90th percentile is $37,350. The difference is $5,670, which is 17.2% 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 $32,900 to the 75th at $35,000, covers $2,100.

The mean annual wage is $34,240, which sits above the median of $32,900. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kansas City, MO-KS median is 12.8% lower than the national median of $37,720 for Passenger Attendants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $35,551, which is 5.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.5% lower than the Missouri median of $34,110.

Kansas City, MO-KS covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Missouri, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kansas City, MO-KS is 92.543, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $32,900 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Passenger Attendants at $35,551 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Passenger Attendants in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Passenger Attendants accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Kansas City, MO-KS (140 of 1,096,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (27,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.73 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Passenger Attendants make in Kansas City, MO-KS?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Passenger Attendants in Kansas City, MO-KS is $32,900. The 10th percentile is $31,680 and the 90th percentile is $37,350. Employment is 140.

How does that compare with the national median for Passenger Attendants?

The local median is 12.8% lower than the national median of $37,720.

What is Passenger Attendants pay in Kansas City, MO-KS after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kansas City, MO-KS is 92.543, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $32,900 is $35,551. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.