Marketing Jobs in Kansas City, MO

Local pay splits into two tiers. In BLS 2025 data, Kansas City market research analysts had a $72,580 median wage, while marketing managers had a $139,240 median wage. In the manager track, the middle of the market is much higher: the 25th percentile was $107,280 and the 75th percentile was $176,450. In the broader live posting sample, advertised pay for the whole category centers on about $61k to $88k, and Missouri's mean offered salary on new openings was about $90,052 (n=598).

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Advertised pay

Across the 31 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $77,500 at the 25th percentile, $135,000 at the median and $140,800 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Kansas City is a competitive, but still workable, market for Marketing, Communications & Content over the next 3-6 months. Metro unemployment was 3.9% in August 2026, total nonfarm employment was up 0.7266% year over year, and local professional and business services employment rose 0.8170%, so the broader economy is still supporting hiring. But Missouri-wide openings for this category were down 10.3% year over year even as employment in the field rose 0.8%, which points to slower opening flow and tougher competition for each seat. There are still more than 150 local postings across more than 100 companies in the recent sample, but winning here requires sector fit, portfolio proof, and openness to on-site or hybrid work.

Best positioned: Candidates with 3-8 years of experience who can show project management, email marketing, social media management, copywriting, data analysis, and AI workflow skills—and who are open to on-site or hybrid roles in construction, manufacturing, or education—have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is treating Kansas City like a remote-first content market: only about 10% of local postings are remote, and a national 2026 marketing study found entry-level hiring down 4.0% year over year.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 73 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Kpmg Us: 7 open roles
2. Kansas Health System: 3 open roles
3. Nickel & Suede: 3 open roles
4. Tutera Group: 3 open roles
5. Burns & McDonnell: 2 open roles
6. J.E. Dunn Construction Company: 2 open roles
7. Luxorhc: 2 open roles
8. Midland Industries: 2 open roles
9. Outfield Healthcare Partners: 2 open roles
10. Selectquote, Inc.: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Kansas City: 45
• Overland Park: 8
• Olathe: 5
• North Kansas City: 2
• Leavenworth: 2
• Independence: 2
• Denver: 2
• St. Louis: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 53 (74%), hybrid 17 (24%), remote 2 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real openings are spread across a long tail rather than a few dominant brands. The local sample shows more than 150 postings across more than 100 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented across employers. That reduces single-employer risk, but it also means fewer repeated openings at any one company. The strongest clusters are not just agencies. The most-active industries in the local posting mix are construction, manufacturing, and education at about 15% each, followed by advertising services and religious organizations at about 10% each. Named active employers include Hill's Pet Nutrition, Colgate-Palmolive, Garmin, HNTB, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Overland Park Chamber. Combined with metro supersector trends—professional and business services up 0.8170% year over year, information down 5.4545%—that points job seekers toward B2B brand, AEC, education, and institutional communications work over pure tech/media content bets.

• Construction and AEC marketing/proposals (high): Construction makes up about 15% of the local posting mix, and proposal-style work lines up with the local demand for project management, copywriting, Canva, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Manufacturing and consumer brands (high): Manufacturing is about 15% of the local mix, and active employers include Hill's Pet Nutrition, Colgate-Palmolive, and Garmin.
• Education, chamber, and mission-driven communications (moderate): Education is about 15% of the local mix, and repeated employer activity includes Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Overland Park Chamber.
• Tech/media-heavy content roles (limited): Kansas City's information supersector was down 5.4545% year over year in August 2026, which makes tech-leaning content paths less forgiving than the broader market.

Where to focus: Target on-site or hybrid B2B, AEC, manufacturing, and institutional employers first, then widen into agency or tech-adjacent roles only if your portfolio is already strong.

Roles worth searching next

• Proposal Coordinator / Pursuit Coordinator: Construction accounts for about 15% of the local mix, and proposal work uses the same project management, copywriting, Canva, and Adobe skills already showing up in local postings.
• Customer Insights or Market Research Analyst: Kansas City has 6,920 market research analyst jobs with a median annual wage of $72,580, and local postings already emphasize data analysis.
• Project Coordinator: Project management is one of the most-requested local skills, and the strongest local industry clusters include construction, manufacturing, and education.
• Learning Content Specialist / Training Coordinator: Education is about 15% of the local posting mix, and the same copywriting, Canva, Adobe, and communication skills transfer well.

What postings ask for

• Project management (table_stakes | immediate): Project management appears in about 15% of local postings and is especially useful in the construction, manufacturing, and education-heavy local mix. Who: Everyone, especially coordinators, career switchers, and anyone targeting proposal-heavy or cross-functional roles.
• Canva (table_stakes | immediate): Canva shows up in about 15% of local postings, so basic asset creation is not being fully outsourced away from marketers here. Who: Entry-level and content-leaning candidates who need fast proof-of-work.
• Email marketing (differentiator | immediate): Email marketing appears in about 10% of local postings and is one of the clearest execution skills separating coordinators from generalist applicants. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates who want measurable campaign ownership.
• Data analysis (premium | immediate): Data analysis appears in about 10% of local postings, and prompt engineering plus data literacy are now described as baseline AI marketing skills. Who: Analyst-leaning marketers, career switchers from finance or operations, and mid-career applicants chasing better pay.
• Copywriting (differentiator | near-term): Copywriting appears in about 10% of local postings and transfers well into education, institutional, and proposal-heavy employers. Who: Content, communications, PR, and proposal-adjacent candidates.
• Generative AI tool proficiency (table_stakes | immediate): The American Marketing Association says AI was the skill marketers most expected to need in the next five years, and job postings mentioning AI doubled in 2025; separate 2026 guidance says proficiency with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Midjourney is essential. Who: Everyone in the category, especially anyone applying to content, social, email, or campaign execution roles.

Questions about this market

What do Marketing, Communications & Content roles pay in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Local pay splits into two tiers. In BLS 2025 data, Kansas City market research analysts had a $72,580 median wage, while marketing managers had a $139,240 median wage. In the manager track, the middle of the market is much higher: the 25th percentile was $107,280 and the 75th percentile was $176,450. In the broader live posting sample, advertised pay for the whole category centers on about $61k to $88k, and Missouri's mean offered salary on new openings was about $90,052 (n=598). That gap usually means many active openings are coordinator, specialist, analyst, or institution-side roles rather than pure marketing-manager seats. Locally, about 40% of postings are entry and about 35% are mid-level, with only about 15% at lead+.

Where is demand for Marketing, Communications & Content roles in Kansas City, MO-KS concentrated?

Real openings are spread across a long tail rather than a few dominant brands. The local sample shows more than 150 postings across more than 100 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented across employers. That reduces single-employer risk, but it also means fewer repeated openings at any one company. The strongest clusters are not just agencies. The most-active industries in the local posting mix are construction, manufacturing, and education at about 15% each, followed by advertising services and religious organizations at about 10% each. Named active employers include Hill's Pet Nutrition, Colgate-Palmolive, Garmin, HNTB, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Overland Park Chamber. Combined with metro supersector trends—professional and business services up 0.8170% year over year, information down 5.4545%—that points job seekers toward B2B brand, AEC, education, and institutional communications work over pure tech/media content bets.

Which employers are hiring the most Marketing, Communications & Content talent in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Recent postings show the most activity from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Inc. (5 postings), Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. (5 postings), Colgate-Palmolive Company (5 postings), Garmin (5 postings), Platinum Coastal Group (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Marketing, Communications & Content roles in Kansas City, MO-KS be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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