Medical assistant salary in Kansas
- Typical pay (median): about $39,510 annually, roughly $19.00 per hour
- Top 10% of earners: $48,300 or more a year
- Metro with the highest pay: Topeka, at $46,070
- Yearly job openings: roughly 690
In Kansas, the median medical assistant salary is $39,510 a year, which works out to $19.00 an hour. A median is simply the middle number: half the medical assistants in the state make more than that and half make less. Compared with the US median of $45,690, Kansas sits 14% lower, based on the BLS wage survey.
Only 2 of the 9 Kansas schools listed on this site have an accredited program, so it pays to look before you pick. Visit the Kansas medical assistant programs page, choose an accredited program from the table, and send the short Request information form for that school. It asks for your name, email, phone number, ZIP code and when you want to start.
- Median a year
- $39,510
- Lowest-paid tenth
- $35,140 or less
- Best-paid tenth
- $48,300 or more
- Medical assistant jobs
- 5,510
- Job growth 2024 to 2034
- +11.1%
Earnings from the lowest paid to the highest paid
Most Kansas medical assistants earn somewhere in the $37,050 to $46,380 range each year. This span covers the middle half of all workers, so it skips the quarter earning the least and the quarter earning the most.
Looking at the extremes, the lowest-paid 10% make $35,140 or less, while the best-paid 10% make $48,300 or more. The average is $41,490 a year, a little above the median because the best-paid workers pull it up (BLS).
| Wage level | Annual pay |
|---|---|
| Bottom 10% of earners | $35,140 or less |
| Lower bound of the middle 50% | $37,050 |
| Median | $39,510 |
| Mean (average) | $41,490 |
| Upper bound of the middle 50% | $46,380 |
| Top 10% of earners | $48,300 or more |
How does Kansas stack up against other states?
Out of 51 places (the 50 states plus Washington, DC), Kansas comes in at 43 for median medical assistant pay. Across the country, the median comes to $45,690 per year ($21.97 hourly) (BLS).
What Kansas cities pay
Where you work in Kansas changes your pay. Among metro areas, Topeka tops the list, with a median pay of $46,070 annually. Lawrence sits at the bottom of the list, with a median of $37,170 (BLS).
The Kansas City metro, which crosses the state line into Missouri, employs the most medical assistants by far, around 4,220 of them. Because the metro crosses into Missouri, its roughly 4,220 jobs should not be treated as a share of Kansas's roughly 5,510 jobs.
| Metro area | Median a year | Median an hour | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topeka, KS | $46,070 | $22.15 | 470 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $45,300 | $21.78 | 4,220 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | $40,280 | $19.37 | 270 |
| Wichita, KS | $38,630 | $18.57 | 1,190 |
| Manhattan, KS | $37,460 | $18.01 | 120 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | $37,220 | $17.89 | 440 |
| Lawrence, KS | $37,170 | $17.87 | 210 |
Medical assistant wages alongside other healthcare roles
In Kansas, medical assistant pay is in the same neighborhood as other jobs with short training paths. It edges out nursing assistants and phlebotomists, the people who take blood samples for testing. Roles in nursing that require a license pay quite a bit more (BLS).
| Healthcare role in Kansas | Median yearly pay |
|---|---|
| Registered nurse | $79,320 |
| Licensed practical or vocational nurse | $61,760 |
| Medical assistant | $39,510 |
| Phlebotomist | $39,100 |
| Nursing assistant | $38,010 |
What is the job outlook in Kansas?
The state's labor agency projects medical assistant employment will grow by 11.1%, rising from 5,080 positions in 2024 to 5,640 by 2034. For the country as a whole, the expected growth is 12.5% (Projections Central).
Kansas should see about 690 openings per year. That figure counts both newly created positions and spots that open up as workers leave. About 690 openings a year means there is steady hiring, even though Kansas ranks 42 of 51 for growth.
For every 1,000 jobs in Kansas, 3.8 are medical assistant positions. That puts the state at 41 of 51 for how widespread the role is (BLS).
Medical assistant training in Kansas
This site lists 9 Kansas schools that report medical assistant graduates to the federal education database (College Navigator). Of those, 2 run an accredited program. Accreditation means a national organization outside the school has reviewed the program and confirmed it meets set standards. For medical assisting, those two organizations are CAAHEP and ABHES.
Among career schools that reported program length, the median was 9 months. At career schools that published a whole-program price, the median was $17,257 for tuition, fees and books in 2023-24. At public colleges, the median in-district cost for a year of full-time study was $4,346 (IPEDS).
Distance education is an option for classes in some programs. Hands-on clinical practice with patients, done under supervision, still happens face to face.
Pay: Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey, May 2025. Growth: Projections Central, from Kansas’s labor market office. The job itself: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook.
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