Max Mello
Director of Physician & APP Recruitment
Healthcare Recruiting · Wichita, KS
Physician, PA & NP recruiting in Wichita, grounded in the metro's real numbers.
We track the Wichita, KS area from federal data that updates every month, the same numbers we use when we take a search. Here is the current picture, and what it means if you are hiring.
Provider supply
Who practices in Wichita today
Individual providers with an active practice address in the Wichita, KS area, from the federal NPI registry (June 2026).
2,203
Physicians
996
Nurse practitioners
487
Physician assistants
Over the last 12 months, the Wichita metro added 51 newly enrolled nurse practitioners, 80 physicians, and 27 physician assistants to the registry. New physician enrollments kept pace with advanced-practice growth over the period.
Source: CMS NPPES registry, June 2026. Scope: Kansas side of the Wichita metro area.
Demand
What the local employer market looks like
Federal quarterly employment data for Wichita-area healthcare employers.
Hospitals
8,137 employed, up 1.1% year over year. Average wages up 5.1% over the same period.
Ambulatory care
17,415 employed across 1,176 sites.
Source: BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025.
Occupation-level wages are published at state level (see the parent state page); metro wage signal = QCEW average weekly wages above. See Kansas pay ranges →
Shortage pressure
6 federally designated primary care shortage areas in the Wichita area.
1 of them score in the high-need range. If your facility sits in or near one, you are not imagining it: the supply math is against you. That is the search we run every day.
Source: HRSA HPSA primary care detail file.
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Hiring in Wichita?
Tell us about the role. We'll give you an honest read on the local market for it: who's movable, what they expect, and a realistic timeline.