Fastest Growing Jobs in Kansas

National growth leaders filtered through Kansas's actual employment footprint – BLS 2024–2034

Where Kansas already employs the growth list

Ranked by published Kansas employment (not by national growth %). Sibling state pages diverge here because the occupation title set and order change with the OEWS footprint.

  1. 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides · Healthcare Support Occupations 25,350 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 13,580 jobs · +15.8%
  3. 3. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 11,620 jobs · +14.9%
  4. 4. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 7,700 jobs · +16.1%
  5. 5. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 5,510 jobs · +12.5%
  6. 6. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 5,190 jobs · +14.8%
  7. 7. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 5,120 jobs · +23.2%
  8. 8. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 4,510 jobs · +11.9%
  9. 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 4,050 jobs · +15.2%
  10. 10. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,780 jobs · +40.1%
  11. 11. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 3,000 jobs · +12.1%
  12. 12. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 2,600 jobs · +16.8%
  13. 13. Information Security Analysts · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 1,830 jobs · +28.5%
  14. 14. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 1,780 jobs · +16.7%
  15. 15. Computer Network Architects · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 1,770 jobs · +11.9%
  16. 16. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,690 jobs · +15%
  17. 17. Psychiatric Technicians · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,670 jobs · +20%
  18. 18. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,560 jobs · +13.8%
  19. 19. Respiratory Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,450 jobs · +12.1%
  20. 20. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 1,350 jobs · +12.5%

Largest Kansas footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

25,350 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

43/50

Kansas employment published

National #1 growth

Wind Turbine Service Technicians

+49.9% · different from state footprint lead

Growth % and openings are national BLS projections. The employment and wage columns are Kansas OEWS estimates where published.

In Kansas, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) currently accounts for 330 OEWS jobs while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Home Health and Personal Care Aides (25,350 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Software Developers (13,580) and Cooks, Restaurant (11,620).

That mismatch is the useful Kansas read: percentage growth ranks a national change rate, not how many workers the state already employs in the role. Of the 50 national growth rows, 43 publish Kansas employment; 24 of those covered rows are projected at +15% or more (all-occupations baseline 3.1%). Among the ten largest OEWS rows on this list, 36% of summed employment sits in Healthcare Support Occupations (2 occupations).

Annual openings (growth plus replacements) still live on each occupation profile. A high percentage on a tiny base can add fewer Kansas seats than a mid-single-digit gain on a large OEWS count. Education and credential columns on the profile set the entry clock; several fast-growth rows need multi-year training before the projection window helps a new entrant.

Kansas footprint order on the national growth list

Rows with published Kansas employment are sorted by in-state jobs. Occupations without a state OEWS row stay at the bottom in national growth order.

# Occupation Growth %
1 Home Health and Personal Care Aides +17%
2 Software Developers +15.8%
3 Cooks, Restaurant +14.9%
4 Industrial Machinery Mechanics +16.1%
5 Medical Assistants +12.5%
6 Financial Managers +14.8%
7 Medical and Health Services Managers +23.2%
8 Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors +11.9%
9 Computer and Information Systems Managers +15.2%
10 Nurse Practitioners +40.1%
11 Animal Caretakers +12.1%
12 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors +16.8%
13 Information Security Analysts +28.5%
14 Logisticians +16.7%
15 Computer Network Architects +11.9%
16 Speech-Language Pathologists +15%
17 Psychiatric Technicians +20%
18 Occupational Therapists +13.8%
19 Respiratory Therapists +12.1%
20 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists +12.5%
21 Physical Therapist Assistants +22%
22 Medical Equipment Repairers +12.9%
23 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary +17.3%
24 Physician Assistants +20.4%
25 Massage Therapists +15.4%
26 Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers +12.8%
27 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers +13%
28 Occupational Therapy Assistants +19.2%
29 Ophthalmic Medical Technicians +19.8%
30 Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars +14.7%
31 Data Scientists +33.5%
32 Financial Examiners +18.5%
33 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary +16.8%
34 Clinical and Counseling Psychologists +11.2%
35 Mechanical Door Repairers +11.4%
36 Wind Turbine Service Technicians +49.9%
37 Community Health Workers +11.3%
38 Marriage and Family Therapists +12.6%
39 Actuaries +21.8%
40 Therapists, All Other +11.5%
41 Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians +11.5%
42 Hearing Aid Specialists +18.4%
43 Epidemiologists +16.2%
44 Solar Photovoltaic Installers +42.1%
45 Operations Research Analysts +21.5%
46 Computer and Information Research Scientists +19.7%
47 Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists +14.6%
48 Orthotists and Prosthetists +13.3%
49 Forensic Science Technicians +12.8%
50 Counselors, All Other +12.6%

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About This Data

Employment projections come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program, covering 2024 to 2034. Growth rates represent the projected percentage change in national employment over the 10-year period.

State employment and salary data comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. Some occupations may not have state-level data for Kansas if employment is too small to report.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: BLS Employment Projections program, 2024–2034 and BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

State employment totals for Kansas from BLS OEWS State and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. State employment and wage rows use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and openings use national BLS Employment Projections for 2024–2034. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.