High paying healthcare support jobs in Kansas with no experience

The best paid healthcare support 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

1Occupational Therapy Assistants$65,010
Associate's degree
$55,120 – $77,410660
2Physical Therapist Assistants$64,500
Associate's degree
$52,520 – $79,5501,300
3Massage Therapists$49,990
Postsecondary nondegree award
$31,490 – $81,760780
4Medical Equipment Preparers$45,280
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,320 – $59,750740
5Medical Assistants$39,510
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,140 – $48,3005,510
6Phlebotomists$39,100
Postsecondary nondegree award
$34,410 – $50,3501,120
7Psychiatric Aides$38,390
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,110 – $45,620580
8Nursing Assistants$38,010
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,180 – $46,98024,610
9Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$35,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,720 – $47,9301,570
10Pharmacy Aides$32,070
High school diploma or equivalent
$24,100 – $41,980470
11Home Health and Personal Care Aides$31,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,090 – $38,35025,350

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	Occupational Therapy AssistantsAssociate's degree	$65,010	$55,120 – $77,410	660
2	Physical Therapist AssistantsAssociate's degree	$64,500	$52,520 – $79,550	1,300
3	Massage TherapistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,990	$31,490 – $81,760	780
4	Medical Equipment PreparersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,280	$34,320 – $59,750	740
5	Medical AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,510	$35,140 – $48,300	5,510
6	PhlebotomistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$39,100	$34,410 – $50,350	1,120
7	Psychiatric AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,390	$34,110 – $45,620	580
8	Nursing AssistantsPostsecondary nondegree award	$38,010	$32,180 – $46,980	24,610
9	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal CaretakersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,680	$28,720 – $47,930	1,570
10	Pharmacy AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$32,070	$24,100 – $41,980	470
11	Home Health and Personal Care AidesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$31,260	$27,090 – $38,350	25,350

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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