Insights / Healthcare pay below the U.S. median / Kansas
5 healthcare jobs where pay in Kansas lags the U.S. median
Read Kansas Medical Technicians as $35,780 rather than hiding the cell.
Take Kansas Medical Technicians at $44,470 before someone copies a midpoint.
Leave Kansas Registered Nurses at $79,320 so the comparison stays on the table.
Hold Kansas Registered Nurses to $97,550 rather than a round number from memory.
Each occupation
1Emergency Medical Technicians
- State median
- $35,780
- U.S. median
- $44,470
- State vs U.S.
- 0.80
2Registered Nurses
- State median
- $79,320
- U.S. median
- $97,550
- State vs U.S.
- 0.81
3Speech-Language Pathologists
- State median
- $80,120
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- State vs U.S.
- 0.82
4Medical Assistants
- State median
- $39,510
- U.S. median
- $45,690
- State vs U.S.
- 0.86
5Phlebotomists
- State median
- $39,100
- U.S. median
- $45,230
- State vs U.S.
- 0.86
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | U.S. median | State vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emergency Medical Technicians | $35,780 | $44,470 | 0.80 |
| 2 | Registered Nurses | $79,320 | $97,550 | 0.81 |
| 3 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $80,120 | $97,870 | 0.82 |
| 4 | Medical Assistants | $39,510 | $45,690 | 0.86 |
| 5 | Phlebotomists | $39,100 | $45,230 | 0.86 |
Takeaways
- Cite Kansas Speech-Language Pathologists $80,120 before a national midpoint replaces it.
- Cite Kansas Speech-Language Pathologists $97,870 ahead of the posting you want.
- Move Kansas Medical Assistants toward $39,510 so local pay stays visible.
- Park Kansas Medical Assistants beside $45,690 and the figure stays beside the title.
For recruiters
- Pin Kansas Phlebotomists beside $39,100 ahead of the compensation review.
- Take Kansas Medical Technicians at $35,780 inside the Hiring Pack at intake.
FAQ
- Are these posted wages or open jobs?
- No. The table is a government survey or a designation file.
- What should a recruiter do first?
- Follow the recruiter note on this page.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
An occupation is included only when the Kansas OEWS median is at most 0.97 times the U.S. median for the same occupation. The 5 lowest comparisons are shown. States with fewer than 5 such occupations are omitted, rather than filled with occupations at or above the U.S. median. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest comparison, Kansas is 13 of 31. A row links to the Kansas metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $35,780 is stated as about $35.8K. $44,470 is stated as about $44.5K. a comparison of 0.80 is stated as 20 percent. $39,100 is stated as about $39.1K. $45,230 is stated as about $45.2K. a comparison of 0.86 is stated as 14 percent.
Sources
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