# Cities in Kansas by employed residents, 2025

All 19 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/kansas-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wichita, KS | 200,146 |
| 2 | Overland Park, KS | 116,197 |
| 3 | Olathe, KS | 83,262 |
| 4 | Kansas City, KS | 75,042 |
| 5 | Topeka, KS | 63,206 |
| 6 | Lawrence, KS | 56,747 |
| 7 | Shawnee, KS | 39,852 |
| 8 | Lenexa, KS | 35,151 |
| 9 | Manhattan, KS | 30,968 |
| 10 | Salina, KS | 24,411 |
| 11 | Hutchinson, KS | 18,645 |
| 12 | Leawood, KS | 17,434 |
| 13 | Garden City, KS | 15,546 |
| 14 | Dodge City, KS | 14,508 |
| 15 | Leavenworth, KS | 14,284 |
| 16 | Gardner, KS | 14,200 |
| 17 | Derby, KS | 12,913 |
| 18 | Emporia, KS | 12,594 |
| 19 | Junction City, KS | 9,697 |