Project Manager Jobs in Kansas City, MO

Government wage data shows high pay at the broad management-family level: Kansas City's SOC 11 group had a $117,420 annual median, a $132,300 mean, $78,410 at the 25th percentile, and $166,130 at the 75th percentile in 2025. The BLS also reported a $63.61 mean hourly wage for the broad management group and $43.42 for the broader business and financial operations group in Kansas City, both of which are wider than pure product or project roles. In the local posting sample, advertised pay centered on about $100k to $150k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $75k to $186k. For another directional check, Missouri's mean offered salary on new openings for this occupation family was about $90,034 in September 2026 based on 1,045 postings, and the national median wage for project management specialists was $102,320 in May 2025.

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Advertised pay

Across the 186 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $80,000 at the 25th percentile, $110,000 at the median and $143,375 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Kansas City is a workable but selective market for this category right now. The metro unemployment rate was 3.9% in August 2026, while total nonfarm employment rose 0.7266% year over year and professional and business services employment rose 0.8170%. At the same time, Missouri statewide signals for this occupation family show employment down 0.9% year over year even as active postings were up 1.1%, which points to replacement hiring and selective backfills more than broad expansion. In the local posting sample, more than 500 postings appeared across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, but only about 5% were entry level and about 75% were on-site.

Best positioned: Candidates with proven delivery experience and clear examples of risk management, budget management, scheduling, and stakeholder management have the best odds, especially if they are open to on-site or hybrid work.

Main caution: Do not read the headline posting volume as a broad pure-product market, because a large share of the visible local sample sits in construction and civil-engineering-adjacent project work.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 428 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. CVS Health Corporation: 11 open roles
2. Burns & McDonnell: 10 open roles
3. GXO Logistics, Inc.: 9 open roles
4. Black & Veatch Corporation: 8 open roles
5. Hermanson Company: 7 open roles
6. Garmin: 6 open roles
7. Kumc: 5 open roles
8. 1898 & Co.: 4 open roles
9. DH Pace Company: 4 open roles
10. Epiq: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Kansas City: 214
• Overland Park: 62
• Lenexa: 34
• Olathe: 24
• Riverside: 11
• Lee's Summit: 11
• Independence: 8
• Liberty: 7

Work arrangement

on-site 345 (82%), hybrid 61 (15%), remote 13 (3%)

Where the demand is

The clearest locally visible demand is for delivery-heavy roles rather than pure product strategy. The metro had more than 500 sampled postings across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, hiring was fragmented rather than concentrated, and about 25% of sampled postings came from large employers. The most-requested hard skills were project management, risk management, budget management, scheduling, budgeting, construction management, Microsoft Office, and stakeholder management, which points to execution and governance work more than discovery-led product work. A large share of the visible sample sits in construction and civil-engineering-adjacent employers. In the local sample, construction accounted for about 60% of postings and civil engineering for about 10%, while Burns & McDonnell was the most consistently active named employer with more than 30 postings. For job seekers who want software product, platform PM, or tech TPM work, that means the headline local demand is real but not evenly distributed across sub-roles. Evidence for pure product hiring is thinner than evidence for project and program delivery. Kansas City has fresh startup and hiring-infrastructure signals—including more than $160,000 awarded to eight startups and a three-year $4 million tech-hiring initiative—but those reports do not announce direct management, product, or project openings.

• Enterprise project delivery and PMO-style work (high): This is the strongest visible lane because the local skill mix leans toward project management, risk, budget, scheduling, and stakeholder coordination rather than early-stage product discovery.
• Engineering- and capital-project-adjacent coordination (moderate): A large share of the current sample comes from construction and civil engineering, with Burns & McDonnell standing out among named employers, so some of the visible demand is strongest for candidates comfortable around technical delivery environments.
• Pure product management and AI product roles (limited): There are local tech-growth signals, but direct evidence of large-volume product-specific hiring in Kansas City is thinner than the evidence for project and program work.

Where to focus: Focus first on delivery roles where you can prove ownership of budgets, schedules, risks, and stakeholders, and treat pure software product roles as a narrower second lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Business analyst / business systems analyst: This is a strong bridge for candidates with stakeholder management and process skills, especially if they can add SQL and analytical fluency.
• Implementation consultant: It uses many of the same local demand signals—scheduling, issue resolution, stakeholder coordination, and delivery discipline.
• Operations analyst: This fits candidates who can handle budgets, reporting cadence, and risk tracking but do not yet have a formal PM title.
• Product analyst: This is often a cleaner first product lane when pure product-manager openings are thinner, and it rewards analytics, SQL, and metrics-based thinking.

What postings ask for

• Project management + risk + scheduling + budgeting + stakeholder management (table_stakes | immediate): These are the clearest local screening skills: project management appears in about 55% of sampled postings, risk management in about 25%, budget management and scheduling in about 20%, and stakeholder management in about 15%. Who: Everyone in this category, especially mid-career applicants who need to prove business ownership instead of coordination only.
• PMP (differentiator | near-term): PMP appeared in only about 5% of local postings, so it is not universal, but it can still help experienced project candidates clear screens in a market that values structured delivery. Who: Experienced project and program candidates who already qualify for the credential.
• Data literacy, SQL basics, and product analytics fluency (differentiator | immediate): For product-facing roles, data literacy and analytical thinking, including SQL basics and familiarity with product analytics tools, are now baseline expectations at many companies. Who: Product aspirants, product-adjacent analysts, and career switchers aiming for a first product lane.
• Prompt engineering (premium | near-term): Prompt engineering is now described as a core product-manager skill for defining system prompts, managing context, and diagnosing AI output. Who: Product managers, technical program managers, and anyone targeting AI-adjacent roadmap work.
• Foundation models, agentic AI, cloud AI platforms, and RAG (premium | near-term): US AI product manager postings in 2026 were asking for technical judgment about what is feasible, including foundation models, agentic AI, cloud AI platforms, and RAG. Who: Senior product candidates and technical PMs trying to stand out in the narrower high-upside product lane.
• AI ethics and responsible product development (premium | near-term): Responsible AI and product ethics are now positioned as essential skills for product managers working with AI-enabled products. Who: Product candidates touching customer-facing AI, regulated workflows, or trust-sensitive features.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Government wage data shows high pay at the broad management-family level: Kansas City's SOC 11 group had a $117,420 annual median, a $132,300 mean, $78,410 at the 25th percentile, and $166,130 at the 75th percentile in 2025. The BLS also reported a $63.61 mean hourly wage for the broad management group and $43.42 for the broader business and financial operations group in Kansas City, both of which are wider than pure product or project roles. In the local posting sample, advertised pay centered on about $100k to $150k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $75k to $186k. For another directional check, Missouri's mean offered salary on new openings for this occupation family was about $90,034 in September 2026 based on 1,045 postings, and the national median wage for project management specialists was $102,320 in May 2025. Kansas City can pay well once you clear the experience bar. The broad management wage data and the lower offered-salary proxy together suggest that senior titles and larger-budget roles pull the averages up, while many ordinary openings land below the broad management mean.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Kansas City, MO-KS concentrated?

The clearest locally visible demand is for delivery-heavy roles rather than pure product strategy. The metro had more than 500 sampled postings across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, hiring was fragmented rather than concentrated, and about 25% of sampled postings came from large employers. The most-requested hard skills were project management, risk management, budget management, scheduling, budgeting, construction management, Microsoft Office, and stakeholder management, which points to execution and governance work more than discovery-led product work. A large share of the visible sample sits in construction and civil-engineering-adjacent employers. In the local sample, construction accounted for about 60% of postings and civil engineering for about 10%, while Burns & McDonnell was the most consistently active named employer with more than 30 postings. For job seekers who want software product, platform PM, or tech TPM work, that means the headline local demand is real but not evenly distributed across sub-roles. Evidence for pure product hiring is thinner than evidence for project and program delivery. Kansas City has fresh startup and hiring-infrastructure signals—including more than $160,000 awarded to eight startups and a three-year $4 million tech-hiring initiative—but those reports do not announce direct management, product, or project openings.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Recent postings show the most activity from Burns & McDonnell (30 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Kansas City, MO-KS be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 20% hybrid, with 75% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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