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Cities in Kansas by employed residents

Wichita, KS had the highest employed residents of 19 cities in 2024, at 197,921. Junction City, KS had the lowest, at 9,599. The median was 24,005. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest197,921Wichita, KS
Lowest9,599Junction City, KS
Median24,00519 cities

All cities, 2024

Wichita, KS: 197,921 personsWichita, KS197,921Overland Park, KS: 114,421 personsOverland Park, KS114,421Olathe, KS: 81,989 personsOlathe, KS81,989Kansas City, KS: 73,897 personsKansas City, KS73,897Topeka, KS: 60,952 personsTopeka, KS60,952Lawrence, KS: 56,302 personsLawrence, KS56,302Shawnee, KS: 39,243 personsShawnee, KS39,243Lenexa, KS: 34,613 personsLenexa, KS34,613Manhattan, KS: 30,658 personsManhattan, KS30,658Salina, KS: 24,005 personsSalina, KS24,005Hutchinson, KS: 18,426 personsHutchinson, KS18,426Leawood, KS: 17,168 personsLeawood, KS17,168Garden City, KS: 15,263 personsGarden City, KS15,263Dodge City, KS: 14,207 personsDodge City, KS14,207Leavenworth, KS: 14,068 personsLeavenworth, KS14,068Gardner, KS: 13,983 personsGardner, KS13,983Emporia, KS: 12,973 personsEmporia, KS12,973Derby, KS: 12,770 personsDerby, KS12,770Junction City, KS: 9,599 personsJunction City, KS9,599Wichita, KS: 197,921 personsWichita, KS197,921Overland Park, KS: 114,421 personsOverland Park, KS114,421Olathe, KS: 81,989 personsOlathe, KS81,989Kansas City, KS: 73,897 personsKansas City, KS73,897Topeka, KS: 60,952 personsTopeka, KS60,952Lawrence, KS: 56,302 personsLawrence, KS56,302Shawnee, KS: 39,243 personsShawnee, KS39,243Lenexa, KS: 34,613 personsLenexa, KS34,613Manhattan, KS: 30,658 personsManhattan, KS30,658Salina, KS: 24,005 personsSalina, KS24,005Hutchinson, KS: 18,426 personsHutchinson, KS18,426Leawood, KS: 17,168 personsLeawood, KS17,168Garden City, KS: 15,263 personsGarden City, KS15,263Dodge City, KS: 14,207 personsDodge City, KS14,207Leavenworth, KS: 14,068 personsLeavenworth, KS14,068Gardner, KS: 13,983 personsGardner, KS13,983Emporia, KS: 12,973 personsEmporia, KS12,973Derby, KS: 12,770 personsDerby, KS12,770Junction City, KS: 9,599 personsJunction City, KS9,599
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Wichita, KS197,921+0.6%
2Overland Park, KS114,421+0.7%
3Olathe, KS81,989+1.2%
4Kansas City, KS73,897+1.4%
5Topeka, KS60,952-0.1%
6Lawrence, KS56,302+0.6%
7Shawnee, KS39,243+0.6%
8Lenexa, KS34,613+1.6%
9Manhattan, KS30,658+0.8%
10Salina, KS24,005-0.2%
11Hutchinson, KS18,426+1.2%
12Leawood, KS17,168+0.2%
13Garden City, KS15,263+2.5%
14Dodge City, KS14,207+2.4%
15Leavenworth, KS14,068+0.6%
16Gardner, KS13,983+1.8%
17Emporia, KS12,973-1.3%
18Derby, KS12,770+0.8%
19Junction City, KS9,599+0.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.CurrentU20-24. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Kansas by employed residents, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Kansas by employed residents, 2024. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/kansas-cities?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Kansas by employed residents, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/kansas-cities?period=2024.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Kansas by employed residents, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/kansas-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Wichita, KS, with 197,921 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Junction City, KS, with 9,599 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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