Kansas · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Kansas

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Kansas, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Kansas had about 1,432,700 people on their payrolls across roughly 99,303 establishments, with average annual pay of $63,220.

Total employment in Kansas grew 7.8% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 1,432,700. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Kansas are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

1,432,700Employment, 2025
99,303Establishments
$63,220Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Kansas	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	13,570	0.9%	1.19	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	5,962	0.4%	1.13	pub.
23	Construction	74,051	5.2%	0.95	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	173,920	12.1%	1.50	pub.
22	Utilities	8,045	0.6%	1.00	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	58,133	4.1%	1.05	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	141,195	9.9%	0.99	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	70,204	4.9%	1.01	pub.
51	Information	18,759	1.3%	0.68	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	58,121	4.1%	0.99	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	16,151	1.1%	0.72	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	79,878	5.6%	0.80	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	21,692	1.5%	0.91	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	72,755	5.1%	0.87	pub.
61	Educational Services	133,563	9.3%	1.09	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	224,492	15.7%	0.97	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	23,067	1.6%	0.82	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	115,631	8.1%	0.88	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	37,813	2.6%	0.87	pub.
92	Public Administration	85,666	6.0%	1.18	pub.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	1,432,669	99,303	$63,217	0.2%	pub.
2024	1,429,358	100,000	$60,778	0.9%	pub.
2023	1,417,023	96,521	$58,400	1.9%	pub.
2022	1,390,816	93,245	$56,178	2.8%	pub.
2021	1,353,532	90,138	$53,422	1.9%	pub.
2020	1,328,640	87,594	$51,490	4.6%	pub.
2019	1,393,184	87,515	$48,060	0.7%	pub.
2018	1,383,119	88,793	$46,607	0.8%	pub.
2017	1,371,633	88,815	$45,116	0.1%	pub.
2016	1,370,665	90,064	$44,142	0.2%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Kansas	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	80,396	5.6%	0.80
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	89,380	6.2%	0.93
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	38,103	2.7%	0.80
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	25,292	1.8%	1.06
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	11,353	0.8%	0.84
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	22,162	1.6%	0.91
23-0000	Legal occupations	8,077	0.6%	0.67
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	89,048	6.2%	1.06
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	16,810	1.2%	0.88
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	96,366	6.7%	1.07
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	67,272	4.7%	0.93
33-0000	Protective service occupations	30,997	2.2%	0.90
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	121,767	8.5%	0.97
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	38,522	2.7%	0.92
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	30,543	2.1%	1.03
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	120,189	8.4%	0.98
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	170,167	11.9%	1.01
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	3,451	0.2%	0.85
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	61,991	4.3%	1.05
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	63,371	4.4%	1.13
51-0000	Production occupations	117,011	8.2%	1.47
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	130,400	9.1%	1.03

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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