High paying engineering and architecture jobs in Kansas with no experience

The best paid engineering and architecture occupations in Kansas that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Kansas run 9.9% below the national average (2024), so a Kansas salary is worth about 1.11× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Kansas.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Kansas · Employed

1Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians$78,350
Associate's degree
$51,200 – $100,170580
2Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$70,310
Associate's degree
$47,810 – $100,480770
3Mechanical Drafters$65,250
Associate's degree
$45,870 – $100,380540
4Architectural and Civil Drafters$62,220
Associate's degree
$41,950 – $86,380630
5Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$61,710
Associate's degree
$50,720 – $85,240920
6Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$61,000
Associate's degree
$39,300 – $82,250570
7Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$59,440
Associate's degree
$41,270 – $80,6501,060
8Surveying and Mapping Technicians$50,900
High school diploma or equivalent
$42,870 – $80,290730

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianKansas	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$78,350	$51,200 – $100,170	580
2	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$70,310	$47,810 – $100,480	770
3	Mechanical DraftersAssociate's degree	$65,250	$45,870 – $100,380	540
4	Architectural and Civil DraftersAssociate's degree	$62,220	$41,950 – $86,380	630
5	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All OtherAssociate's degree	$61,710	$50,720 – $85,240	920
6	Industrial Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$61,000	$39,300 – $82,250	570
7	Civil Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$59,440	$41,270 – $80,650	1,060
8	Surveying and Mapping TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,900	$42,870 – $80,290	730

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kansas. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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