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Manufacturers in Kansas

276 companies in Kansas are listed in the Noramark directory, most often for CNC machining, finishing and heat treating and welding and fabrication. Browse by process below, or page through the full list.

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Manufacturing in Kansas

Federal statistics for private manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 2024 annual averages, next to what the Noramark directory lists. Kansas has 1.49x the national share of jobs in manufacturing.

Manufacturing jobs

174,495

1.4% of U.S. · +0.7% year over year

Establishments

3,452

BLS QCEW 2024

Average annual pay

$73,072

−14% vs. U.S. manufacturing

In the Noramark directory

276

manufacturers listed below

Largest subsectors

  1. Transportation equipment38,264 jobs · LQ 2.34
  2. Food38,002 jobs · LQ 2.33
  3. Machinery20,441 jobs · LQ 2.00
  4. Fabricated metal product17,392 jobs · LQ 1.31
  5. Plastics and rubber products10,537 jobs · LQ 1.59
  6. Chemical9,151 jobs · LQ 1.11

Top counties

  1. Sedgwick County46,745 jobs · LQ 2.15
  2. Johnson County24,464 jobs · LQ 0.80
  3. Wyandotte County10,374 jobs · LQ 1.34
  4. Shawnee County8,198 jobs · LQ 1.01
  5. Ford County6,835 jobs · LQ 4.58
  6. McPherson County5,559 jobs · LQ 4.12

Top metro areas

  1. Kansas City, MO-KS89,880 jobs · LQ 1.01
  2. Wichita, KS52,240 jobs · LQ 2.08
  3. Joplin, MO-KS15,575 jobs · LQ 2.19
  4. St. Joseph, MO-KS12,447 jobs · LQ 2.81
  5. Topeka, KS9,115 jobs · LQ 0.99
  6. Lawrence, KS5,107 jobs · LQ 1.22

Census County Business Patterns counts 2,677 manufacturing establishments with 170,492 employees in Kansas (2023). The two federal counts differ because they define an establishment and its coverage differently.

LQ is the location quotient: the state's share of jobs in the industry divided by the U.S. share. BLS withholds some subsectors, counties and metros to protect confidentiality; those are left out of the lists above. Compare every state.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages; U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Noramark keeps each downloaded file with its checksum and retrieval date.