Data received February 2026 • FT/PT status and hire date not provided. Pay amount is W-2 Box 5.

Full-time employees

2,588

Number of departments

184

Median pay

$63,586

Average pay

$74,495

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Employees by pay range

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Departments

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Department

FT employeesempl. Median pay Average pay Median experience Top earner
School of Medicine Residency 380 $62,592 $54,784 Not provided $99,310
Institute for Human Dev 121 $57,323 $59,464 Not provided $167,776
Admin Affairs Campus Fac Management 108 $52,606 $53,182 Not provided $135,942
Libraries 62 $47,993 $53,661 Not provided $166,187
Law - General 56 $99,112 $110,822 Not provided $286,417
Music General 54 $69,459 $73,550 Not provided $161,589
Nursing - General 52 $91,505 $89,515 Not provided $218,914
Radio Station 52 $59,083 $61,816 Not provided $110,900
Dental Clinic 46 $37,269 $41,176 Not provided $90,812
Pharmacy Practice & Admin 44 $124,690 $115,519 Not provided $187,473
Biology - Instructional 41 $73,038 $90,028 Not provided $288,082
Public Communications 41 $54,928 $67,137 Not provided $233,212
Roo Advising 37 $48,162 $50,557 Not provided $100,742
Community Service 36 $67,138 $65,914 Not provided $136,285
Intercollegiate Athletics 36 $79,266 $107,154 Not provided $382,843
MO Institute Defense & Energy 35 $66,079 $78,654 Not provided $434,639
Support Services 35 $68,260 $67,518 Not provided $114,099
Restorative Clinical Sciences 34 $98,224 $93,226 Not provided $277,098
Finance 32 $73,727 $97,958 Not provided $315,525
Dean, School of Dentistry 30 $62,156 $78,060 Not provided $208,143
Entrepreneurship & Management 28 $102,660 $121,471 Not provided $427,998
Dean of Computing & Engineerin 27 $60,555 $72,594 Not provided $346,821
Admin Affairs UMKC Police 25 $60,113 $59,583 Not provided $89,871
Human Resources 23 $64,624 $68,851 Not provided $174,417
Psychology and Counseling 22 $73,853 $76,932 Not provided $173,518
English Language & Literature 21 $87,927 $87,655 Not provided $145,611
Biomedical/Health Informatics 20 $98,797 $116,108 Not provided $316,319
Media, Art and Design 20 $70,106 $63,569 Not provided $108,214
Research Services 20 $63,105 $81,172 Not provided $311,481
Berkley Child Development 19 $43,853 $45,905 Not provided $80,009
Grad Health Professions in Med 19 $98,667 $106,849 Not provided $205,749
Computer Science 18 $89,153 $111,371 Not provided $257,311
Theatre 17 $57,343 $61,876 Not provided $113,493
Biomedical Sciences 16 $122,773 $126,599 Not provided $260,497
Mathematics & Statistics 16 $75,143 $74,090 Not provided $138,204
Admissions 15 $51,170 $51,439 Not provided $66,406
Chemistry 15 $79,416 $96,185 Not provided $241,293
Communication and Journalism 15 $74,400 $72,556 Not provided $196,420
Dean Conservatory of Music 15 $52,473 $66,914 Not provided $245,373
Electrical Computr Engineering 15 $109,808 $119,290 Not provided $222,794
Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical 15 $98,170 $111,313 Not provided $301,558
Student Financial Aid 15 $44,607 $53,897 Not provided $107,813
Business Administration 14 $60,344 $62,393 Not provided $104,827
Dean of Arts & Sciences 14 $50,253 $79,118 Not provided $249,577
Office of the Registrar 14 $43,638 $52,383 Not provided $91,793
Student Affairs 14 $44,663 $49,391 Not provided $96,087
Teachr Educ & Curr Studies 14 $78,043 $83,500 Not provided $183,498
KC SourceLink 13 $67,613 $84,014 Not provided $242,271
Oral and Craniofacial Sciences 13 $126,798 $114,408 Not provided $208,656
UMKC Foundation Operating 13 $70,021 $93,219 Not provided $271,195
External & Constituent Relations 12 $77,476 $89,882 Not provided $232,965
History 12 $103,360 $98,143 Not provided $126,176
International Affairs 12 $43,971 $52,081 Not provided $119,947
Miniature Museum 12 $51,771 $58,507 Not provided $94,537
Academic Support & Mentoring 11 $57,820 $58,126 Not provided $97,414
Career Services 11 $57,754 $62,257 Not provided $118,147
CRM Operations 11 $42,239 $51,963 Not provided $86,692
Educ Ldrshp, Policy & Fndation 11 $92,419 $91,975 Not provided $187,098
Information Access 11 $81,459 $78,169 Not provided $111,689
Institute for Urban Education 11 $60,095 $61,237 Not provided $92,300
Mechanical Engineering 11 $115,127 $114,015 Not provided $208,520
Mkt Supply Chain Mgt 11 $156,635 $151,051 Not provided $284,105
Political Science & Philosophy 11 $93,185 $103,608 Not provided $193,800
Student Auxiliary Services 11 $50,735 $53,713 Not provided $100,539
Ophthalmology 10 $66,569 $89,641 Not provided $375,835
Student Health 10 $55,098 $60,413 Not provided $123,281
Technology Management Volker 10 $52,500 $53,246 Not provided $96,607
Accountancy 9 $115,755 $146,471 Not provided $270,340
Admin Affairs Cashiering 9 $42,669 $49,613 Not provided $85,079
Civil Engineering 9 $87,237 $104,471 Not provided $182,599
Dean School of Education 9 $72,940 $101,443 Not provided $224,924
Economics 9 $108,623 $91,566 Not provided $131,020
Natl Office ATTC 9 $73,576 $73,126 Not provided $122,308
Ob/GYN 9 $45,645 $67,524 Not provided $227,758
Oral Pathology, Radiology & Med 9 $60,013 $84,827 Not provided $193,427
Periodontics 9 $75,387 $89,303 Not provided $167,792
Social Work 9 $82,556 $78,944 Not provided $127,177
Archit & Urban Plan & Design 8 $74,741 $80,980 Not provided $141,718
Dean, School of Nursing 8 $54,187 $52,900 Not provided $87,013
Dental Hygiene 8 $69,972 $68,782 Not provided $109,049
Health Sciences 8 $111,859 $110,591 Not provided $155,920
Med Ed Support Services 8 $48,836 $53,109 Not provided $101,646
Network Architecture 8 $74,902 $79,101 Not provided $121,065
Sociology and Anthropology 8 $86,993 $88,645 Not provided $126,925
Urban Education Research Center 8 $66,994 $68,146 Not provided $114,218
Acad Affairs Applied Lang 7 $44,291 $49,450 Not provided $76,626
Chancellor 7 $74,370 $157,489 Not provided $595,067
CHTD Services 7 $63,839 $69,201 Not provided $110,022
Dance 7 $52,782 $53,036 Not provided $106,905
Dean, School of Management 7 $143,221 $173,255 Not provided $433,216
Dent Public Health & Behav Sci 7 $93,647 $97,189 Not provided $150,663
Earth & Environmental Sciences 7 $98,703 $90,521 Not provided $134,815
Equity and Title IX 7 $56,754 $62,517 Not provided $111,945
Faculty Support 7 $46,316 $76,990 Not provided $189,563
Infrastructure Services 7 $63,798 $61,952 Not provided $107,437
Intramurals & Campus Rec 7 $54,736 $59,325 Not provided $87,705
Laboratory Animal Center 7 $36,401 $46,179 Not provided $86,010
Ortho & Dentofacial Orthopedics 7 $42,307 $94,379 Not provided $241,377
Residential Life 7 $57,186 $61,986 Not provided $91,215
World Languages & Cultures 7 $87,043 $78,556 Not provided $98,640
Business Affairs 6 $65,392 $70,121 Not provided $97,314
Chief Information Officer 6 $104,639 $112,722 Not provided $209,658
Council on Curriculum 6 $34,650 $35,889 Not provided $50,584
Criminal Justice & Criminology 6 $70,742 $73,357 Not provided $121,915
Dean, School of Pharmacy 6 $123,781 $148,335 Not provided $341,105
Education - General 6 $25,292 $34,873 Not provided $77,652
Endodontics 6 $71,018 $89,611 Not provided $166,446
Foundation Services 6 $85,440 $86,040 Not provided $111,743
Mid-America ATTC 6 $85,394 $92,526 Not provided $133,969
Oral Surgery & Hosp Dent 6 $103,497 $132,796 Not provided $361,665
Physics and Astronomy 6 $89,654 $94,842 Not provided $137,114
Small Busin Tech Develop Center 6 $80,148 $80,576 Not provided $120,376
SourceLink 6 $92,134 $93,574 Not provided $130,183
Student Involvement 6 $53,650 $53,857 Not provided $69,984
V Prov for Institutional Effec 6 $34,415 $44,244 Not provided $72,873
Adm Serv Parking 5 $36,419 $37,498 Not provided $46,702
Adv Educ in General Dentistry 5 $40,772 $65,683 Not provided $181,262
Council on Selection 5 $55,173 $56,975 Not provided $82,442
Data & Software App Services 5 $69,628 $71,244 Not provided $76,161
Environmental Health 5 $60,573 $72,140 Not provided $118,714
Kansas News Service 5 $60,705 $57,608 Not provided $63,264
Midwest Center 5 $69,119 $69,307 Not provided $78,414
Pharmacy - General 5 $52,450 $64,877 Not provided $110,488
Center for Neighborhoods 4 $59,677 $61,308 Not provided $77,880
Cont Educ Pgms Conservatory 4 $32,721 $31,662 Not provided $38,272
Cont Educ Program Law 4 $50,791 $55,809 Not provided $85,497
Dean, School of Medicine 4 $53,931 $195,923 Not provided $636,008
Deputy Provost Operations 4 $120,250 $133,420 Not provided $233,275
Diversity 4 $67,104 $69,248 Not provided $91,492
Educational Resources 4 $68,900 $76,853 Not provided $129,097
Humanities 4 $37,659 $36,933 Not provided $46,693
Law Library 4 $117,504 $119,784 Not provided $174,538
OSI Business Development 4 $63,384 $68,446 Not provided $118,480
Project Management 4 $86,974 $83,254 Not provided $95,006
Race, Ethnic & Gender Studies 4 $81,803 $78,117 Not provided $127,108
School of Graduate Studies 4 $62,865 $85,460 Not provided $194,154
Security 4 $87,413 $90,807 Not provided $114,169
Student Affairs - Operation 4 $71,500 $82,733 Not provided $133,760
UMKC Central 4 $45,754 $55,062 Not provided $88,475
Council on Evaluation 3 $47,342 $51,204 Not provided $68,919
Critical Materials Crossroads 3 $107,225 $107,585 Not provided $110,372
Graduate Admissions 3 $49,126 $61,108 Not provided $92,307
High School College Program 3 $78,897 $67,732 Not provided $88,938
Honors Program 3 $53,994 $54,679 Not provided $57,222
Institutional Research 3 $104,294 $102,583 Not provided $130,186
Instructional Computing Facili 3 $55,163 $58,277 Not provided $67,485
Internal Medicine 3 $41,318 $62,361 Not provided $109,561
Multicultural Student Affairs 3 $70,559 $64,799 Not provided $74,401
Pediatric Dentistry 3 $111,286 $114,715 Not provided $141,120
Provost Operations 3 $114,581 $168,321 Not provided $362,154
Public Affairs 3 $126,492 $128,636 Not provided $180,439
School of Medicine Research 3 $58,485 $57,406 Not provided $60,114
Student Accessibility Services 3 $50,577 $52,320 Not provided $61,094
Study Abroad 3 $60,257 $63,998 Not provided $76,137
University College 3 $90,807 $111,611 Not provided $182,521
Admin Affairs Mail Services 2 $32,290 $32,290 Not provided $37,089
Data Science Institute 2 $183,469 $183,469 Not provided $316,591
Dean, School of Law 2 $90,684 $90,684 Not provided $117,349
Family Medicine 2 $38,557 $38,557 Not provided $39,302
General Education 2 $60,823 $60,823 Not provided $74,990
Human Therapeutics 2 $166,392 $166,392 Not provided $208,728
Off Strategic Research & Innov 2 $109,590 $109,590 Not provided $135,698
Student Conduct 2 $74,265 $74,265 Not provided $87,233
Student Veteran Support Srvcs 2 $51,686 $51,686 Not provided $64,553
Surgery 2 $131,401 $131,401 Not provided $185,708
Technology Management HH 2 $52,882 $52,882 Not provided $66,080
Vice Chancellor - Administrati 2 $136,819 $136,819 Not provided $208,579
Womens Center 2 $56,200 $56,200 Not provided $62,869
Anesthesiology Department 1 $344,342 $344,342 Not provided $344,342
Block Scholars 1 $70,038 $70,038 Not provided $70,038
Diastole 1 $62,500 $62,500 Not provided $62,500
Digital Sandbox KC 1 $122,094 $122,094 Not provided $122,094
Emergency Medicine 1 $23,308 $23,308 Not provided $23,308
Faculty Affairs 1 $47,494 $47,494 Not provided $47,494
Global Entrepreneurship 1 $30,000 $30,000 Not provided $30,000
KC Scholars 1 $63,580 $63,580 Not provided $63,580
Missouri Procurement Tech Ast 1 $75,835 $75,835 Not provided $75,835
New Letters 1 $27,737 $27,737 Not provided $27,737
New Student Orientation 1 $73,022 $73,022 Not provided $73,022
Pediatrics 1 $94,000 $94,000 Not provided $94,000
Student Affairs - Staff Oper 1 $100,157 $100,157 Not provided $100,157
Student Services 1 $80,382 $80,382 Not provided $80,382
Undergraduate Research 1 $54,892 $54,892 Not provided $54,892
Whiteboard 2 Boardroom 1 $94,664 $94,664 Not provided $94,664

Note: To learn how the Post-Dispatch calculates figures such as the number of full-time employees or pay salary, as well as other important explanations and caveats, please see the About page.