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Behavioral health technician salary in Kansas

Open behavioral health technician jobs in Kansas post a median of , the middle half (about $41,600 a year full time), $1.75 below the national posted median. From at that state their pay.

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What behavioral health technicians are paid in Kansas

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $20 an hour. Middle half $19.41 to $21.25. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 19 open jobs in Kansas. Lowest posted $16.01, highest $28.

Posted on open jobs in Kansas

$19.41–$21.25/hr

Middle half of 19 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $20. 68% of the 28 open behavioral health technician jobs in Kansas state an hourly rate.

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Behavioral health technician pay by town in Kansas

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Kansas City$21.50$18–$273 (1)
Wichita$20$17.39–$22.263 (2)
Hays$19$17–$223 (2)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Behavioral health technician pay by employer in Kansas

What each employer posts for behavioral health technicians here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
KVC Health Systems$20$17–$277
AdventHealth$21.81$21–$22.622
Discovery Behavioral Health$21.25$17–$282
Arista Recovery$21$18–$242
Pawnee Mental Health$19$18–$202
Mainstream Nonprofit Solutions$16.01$16.012
High Plains Mental Health Center$20.50$19–$221
Ascension$19.83$17.39–$22.261

Median of each employer's jobs in Kansas (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for behavioral health technicians nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open behavioral health technician jobs in Kansas

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Kansas

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Kansas. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Psychiatric Technicians (29-2053)$17.65 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians)$18.54 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians)$21.05 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians)$21.78 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians)$23.70 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians)1,670 (source: BLS OEWS, Psychiatric Technicians)

BLS median by metro area

  • Kansas City, MO-KS$21.05/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Kansas City, MO-KS)
  • Wichita, KS$18.20/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Wichita, KS)
  • Joplin, MO-KS$16.88/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Joplin, MO-KS)
  • Topeka, KS$19.82/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Topeka, KS)

Behavioral health technician salary in Kansas: common questions

How much does a behavioral health technician make in Kansas?

Open behavioral health technician jobs in Kansas that state an hourly rate post a median of $20, the middle half $19.41–$21.25 (19 jobs from 8 employers). Full time that is about $41,600 a year. BLS measured a median of $21.05/hr ($43,780 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Kansas (May 2025).

Where in Kansas do behavioral health technicians earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Kansas City ($21.50), Wichita ($20) and Hays ($19). The town table lists 3.

How does Kansas compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Kansas ($20) is $1.75 below the national posted median of $21.75. In the BLS survey Kansas ranks 25 of 49 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 19 of 28 open behavioral health technician jobs in Kansas (68%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Behavioral health technician pay in other states

Behavioral health technician salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Mental Health & Social Work job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Kansas pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Psychiatric Technicians (SOC 29-2053), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Psychiatric Aides (SOC 31-1133), every state, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Psychiatric Technicians, national, published 15 May 2026
  5. BLS OEWS May 2025: Psychiatric Technicians by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Behavioral health technician salary in Kansas. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/behavioral-health-technician/kansas

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