50+ Marketing & Communications Jobs in Kansas City, MO

In current local postings, salaried roles center on about $80k to $122k and hourly roles on about $19 to $23 / hour. That observed posting band is higher than one Kansas City marketing-manager salary estimate of $75,000 median, with a $55,000 25th percentile and a $105,000 75th percentile, so title mix matters a lot. Missouri new-opening pay for this broader occupation family averaged about $89,436 in August 2026 based on a posting sample of n=983.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 28 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $65,750 at the 25th percentile, $78,750 at the median and $127,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 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 usable but competitive market for this category over the next 3-6 months. The metro unemployment rate was 3.6% in July 2026, and we observed more than 3,700 recent postings across more than 1,500 companies, so openings exist and are not confined to one employer. But on the Missouri side of the metro, marketing, communications and content employment was up 1.2% year-over-year in August 2026 while active postings were down 11.6%, which usually means more applicants competing for each opening. Most local roles are on-site and only about 5% are remote, so Kansas City works better for candidates who can show up locally than for people holding out for remote-only options.

Best positioned: Mid-career candidates who can show project management, analytics or automation fluency, and sector experience in healthcare, construction, education, manufacturing, or retail have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume this is mainly an agency or remote-brand market; hiring is fragmented and heavily tied to local operating organizations, with most roles based on-site.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 69 openings in this market. 4 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Barkley: 3 open roles
2. 816 Collective: 2 open roles
3. Kansas Health System: 2 open roles
4. Luxorhc: 2 open roles
5. Academy Bank: 1 open role
6. Anthem Memory Care: 1 open role
7. Augeomarketing: 1 open role
8. Bally's Corporation: 1 open role
9. Blue Springs Wellness & Rehabilitation: 1 open role
10. Burns & McDonnell: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Kansas City: 37
• Overland Park: 12
• Denver: 3
• Mission: 3
• Independence: 3
• Blue Springs: 2
• Olathe: 2
• North Kansas City: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 46 (70%), hybrid 16 (24%), remote 4 (6%)

Where the demand is

The real opportunity in Kansas City is broad but not random. We observed more than 3,700 postings across more than 1,500 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by a few employers. The heaviest industry concentration is in healthcare at about 30% of postings and construction at about 25%, followed by education, manufacturing, and retail at about 10% each. The most consistently active named employers include Black & Veatch Corporation, Burns & McDonnell, Linc, Kansas Health System, University Health, UMKC, Kiewit, and DH Pace Company. That means the safest job-search strategy is not 'apply to every marketing title.' It is to aim at in-house teams inside sectors that already hire at volume and to show you understand their operating context. Kansas City also skews strongly local in how work gets done: about 80% of postings are on-site, about 15% hybrid, and about 5% remote. If you are searching for pure remote brand or content work, the market will feel much smaller than the headline posting volume suggests.

• Healthcare systems and care networks (high): Healthcare accounts for about 30% of local postings, and Kansas Health System and University Health are among the most active named employers.
• Engineering, construction, and infrastructure employers (high): Construction represents about 25% of postings, and Black & Veatch Corporation, Burns & McDonnell, Kiewit, Linc, and DH Pace Company show up repeatedly among active hirers.
• Education and mission-driven institutions (moderate): Education makes up about 10% of postings, with the University of Missouri-Kansas City among active employers; these roles often blend enrollment, events, stakeholder communications, and content work.
• Regional brand, retail, and agency-linked work (moderate): Retail is about 10% of postings, and local brand signals include BarkleyOKRP's late-August PetSmart win, which supports selective demand for integrated campaign talent.

Where to focus: Focus first on in-house teams at health systems, engineering or construction firms, universities, and regionally rooted brands, and tailor one case study to each vertical instead of sending the same portfolio everywhere.

Roles worth searching next

• Proposal Coordinator / Pursuit Specialist: This uses writing, deadline management, SME interviewing, and content assembly skills in firms that often sit next to marketing teams.
• Business Development Coordinator: It sits close to marketing in many local employers and uses presentations, CRM support, events, and follow-up content.
• Employer Brand / Recruitment Marketing Specialist: This lets you reuse campaign, content, social, and audience segmentation skills inside HR or talent teams.
• Project Coordinator: Kansas City employers value project management, so coordination roles can be a practical way into healthcare, education, or construction organizations that also hire marketers.

What postings ask for

• Project management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in the local posting sample at about 15% of postings, which tells you many employers want marketers who can run calendars, approvals, vendors, and deliverables, not just create copy. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level applicants and career switchers.
• Google Analytics 4 Certification (differentiator | immediate): GA4 is described as foundational for tracking conversions and applying analytics in digital marketing, which helps you compete for data-literate roles rather than pure execution work. Who: Entry-level candidates, generalists trying to move up, and career switchers.
• HubSpot and marketing automation workflows (premium | immediate): Current demand signals highlight HubSpot and marketing automation workflows, especially where teams need lead nurturing, lifecycle messaging, and measurable funnel management. Who: Mid-career marketers, demand-gen candidates, and B2B applicants.
• AI-assisted content optimization and prompt writing (premium | immediate): National signals say AI-powered marketing is now a top skill area and prompt engineering is becoming a core marketer skill in 2026. Who: Content strategists, digital marketers, and anyone applying for lean teams where one person must produce and optimize quickly.
• Corporate communications and business storytelling (differentiator | near-term): Kansas City's IABC activity points to active local interest in corporate communications, content strategy, and business storytelling, which is useful for internal comms and executive-facing roles. Who: Communications candidates and marketers targeting healthcare, education, and large employers.
• SEO/SEM infrastructure (differentiator | near-term): SEO/SEM infrastructure appears in current demand signals, which matters for candidates trying to move beyond generalist content into measurable acquisition work. Who: Digital marketers, growth candidates, and freelancers.

Questions about this market

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

In current local postings, salaried roles center on about $80k to $122k and hourly roles on about $19 to $23 / hour. That observed posting band is higher than one Kansas City marketing-manager salary estimate of $75,000 median, with a $55,000 25th percentile and a $105,000 75th percentile, so title mix matters a lot. Missouri new-opening pay for this broader occupation family averaged about $89,436 in August 2026 based on a posting sample of n=983. Kansas City's cost-of-living index is 86.6 relative to a national baseline of 100, so a mid-market offer can go further here than in many larger metros. At the same time, the metro's average hourly wage across all occupations was $31.99 in May 2025 versus $33.54 nationally, so Kansas City is still more of a value market than a premium-pay market.

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

The real opportunity in Kansas City is broad but not random. We observed more than 3,700 postings across more than 1,500 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by a few employers. The heaviest industry concentration is in healthcare at about 30% of postings and construction at about 25%, followed by education, manufacturing, and retail at about 10% each. The most consistently active named employers include Black & Veatch Corporation, Burns & McDonnell, Linc, Kansas Health System, University Health, UMKC, Kiewit, and DH Pace Company. That means the safest job-search strategy is not 'apply to every marketing title.' It is to aim at in-house teams inside sectors that already hire at volume and to show you understand their operating context. Kansas City also skews strongly local in how work gets done: about 80% of postings are on-site, about 15% hybrid, and about 5% remote. If you are searching for pure remote brand or content work, the market will feel much smaller than the headline posting volume suggests.

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

Recent postings show the most activity from Black & Veatch Corporation (50 postings), Burns & McDonnell (50 postings), Linc (50 postings), Kansas Health System (40 postings), University Health (30 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, 5% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 80% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

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