Medical assistant jobs in Kansas

The median yearly earnings for medical assistants in Kansas come to $39,510, which works out to $19.00 an hour, based on federal wage data. A median splits workers down the middle, with half earning more and half earning less. Nationally, the median sits higher at $45,690, and Kansas places 43 of 51 when you rank the 50 states and DC by median pay.

Typical earnings fall between $37,050 and $46,380 per year. At the bottom, the lowest-paid tenth make $35,140 or less, while the best-paid tenth make $48,300 or higher.

These metro areas show job counts and pay for medical assistants. A few of these regions stretch across the Missouri line, so the numbers include both states.

Topeka ($46,070) and Kansas City ($45,300) pay the most of these five areas, close to the US median of $45,690. Wichita and Joplin pay less. You can see complete figures for every area in Federal wage tables.

Yes, although the pace trails the rest of the country slightly. Kansas's labor agency projects that medical assistant jobs will grow from 5,080 to 5,640 between 2024 and 2034. This works out to 11.1% growth, against 12.5% for the US overall.

Those 690 yearly openings include both newly created positions and jobs left behind when workers move on. Kansas ranks 36 of 51 for yearly openings, and about 690 are still expected each year, so there is steady room to get in.

Not at the state level. Kansas law makes no mention of medical assistants. What it does instead is permit physicians to delegate tasks to staff who are competent within the physician's own specialty. Delegating simply means the doctor assigns you a task and keeps responsibility for it. If the physician is not present, a different licensed person has to step in.

Kansas does not require state certification for medical assistants, so employers decide what training or national certification they want. Check what training or national certification an employer requires before you choose a program.

Radiologic technologists, who are the ones who perform X-rays, hold licenses in Kansas. Kansas lets unlicensed staff, such as medical assistants, take X-rays without that license if they are supervised, properly trained and meet a yearly continuing education requirement. Continuing education refers to brief courses you take annually to keep your skills up to date. An employer asking you to take X-rays will need all three of these conditions met.

Our site lists 9 Kansas schools that share their medical assistant graduate counts with the federal education survey. Two of those schools run an accredited program. Accreditation means a national organization has reviewed a program and confirmed it meets established standards for what students should learn.

Nationally, most career school programs take 7 to 9 months, and the typical one takes about 9. At career schools, the median price for an entire program is $17,257, covering tuition, fees and books. Public colleges charge a median of $4,346 per year for full-time study in tuition and fees for students living in the district, according to federal data. Nationally, 1,049 of the 1,094 listed programs are at schools that take part in federal student aid.

Some programs offer classes remotely through distance education. Hands-on clinical practice, known as an externship, still happens in person at a clinic or office. Across the country, 30 programs can be completed with distance classes, and 14 of those hold accreditation.

Ready to start? Open the Kansas program page, choose one accredited program and send the short Request information form below the program tables with your name, email, phone, ZIP code and start time. Your request goes to that school only.

Looking at national median pay shows where medical assistant work falls among entry-level health jobs. These numbers come from May 2025 wage data and cover the whole US.

Pay for medical assistant work sits near phlebotomy pay and above nursing assistant earnings. Nursing pays more, with a median of $64,400 for practical nurses and $97,550 for registered nurses.

These steps walk you from picking a program all the way to landing that first job.

1. Pick a program length and price that work with your life, since programs range from a few months to more than 2 years.
2. Search for an accredited program, because Kansas employers choose which training and certification they will accept.
3. Budget time for in-person clinical hours, even when classes are taught at a distance.
4. Target the metro areas with the most jobs, and compare what each one pays.

Once you find an accredited program that fits your needs, the Request information form passes your details along to that one school.