High paying healthcare support jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS with no degree

The best paid healthcare support occupations in Kansas City, MO-KS that require no bachelor's degree — a high school diploma, a certificate, or an associate's degree is the typical entry. 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 City, MO-KS run 7.5% below the national average (2024), so a Kansas City, MO-KS salary is worth about 1.08× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

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

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OccupationMedian, Kansas City, MO-KS · Employed

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$71,050
Associate's degree
$55,590 – $81,530400
2Physical Therapist Assistants$65,580
Associate's degree
$51,610 – $80,990880
3Massage Therapists$55,810
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,480 – $101,720650
4Dental Assistants$48,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$38,190 – $59,5302,470
5Medical Equipment Preparers$46,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $59,760800
6Phlebotomists$46,110
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,700 – $55,990840
7Medical Assistants$45,300
Postsecondary nondegree award
$37,350 – $49,7404,220
8Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$43,920
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,780 – $66,000490
9Nursing Assistants$39,710
Postsecondary nondegree award
$36,510 – $48,13013,370
10Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$37,600
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,640 – $49,450960
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$32,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,600 – $44,42020,870

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

#	Occupation	MedianKansas City, MO-KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$71,050	$55,590 – $81,530	400
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$65,580	$51,610 – $80,990	880
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,810	$43,480 – $101,720	650
4	Dental AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,190	$38,190 – $59,530	2,470
5	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$46,190	$34,320 – $59,760	800
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$46,110	$37,700 – $55,990	840
7	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$45,300	$37,350 – $49,740	4,220
8	Healthcare Support Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$43,920	$35,780 – $66,000	490
9	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,710	$36,510 – $48,130	13,370
10	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$37,600	$30,640 – $49,450	960
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,780	$28,600 – $44,420	20,870

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kansas City, MO-KS. 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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