Counties in Kansas by wages and salaries paid

Johnson County had the highest wages and salaries paid of 105 counties in 2015, at $19.97 billion. Hodgeman County had the lowest, at $19.51 million. The median was $98.83 million and the figure for Kansas was $66.74 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Highest19,973.2Johnson County
Lowest19.5Hodgeman County
Median98.8105 counties
Kansas66,740.1History

Map of counties, 2015

Allen County: 206.3 USD millionAnderson County: 70.4 USD millionAtchison County: 236 USD millionBarber County: 64.5 USD millionBarton County: 501.9 USD millionBourbon County: 247.7 USD millionBrown County: 211 USD millionButler County: 762.1 USD millionChase County: 30.6 USD millionChautauqua County: 25.9 USD millionCherokee County: 243.7 USD millionCheyenne County: 30.9 USD millionClark County: 27.7 USD millionClay County: 105.6 USD millionCloud County: 113.6 USD millionCoffey County: 263.9 USD millionComanche County: 21 USD millionCowley County: 563 USD millionCrawford County: 630.1 USD millionDecatur County: 28.9 USD millionDickinson County: 238.6 USD millionDoniphan County: 88.4 USD millionDouglas County: 1,977.4 USD millionEdwards County: 52.2 USD millionElk County: 20.1 USD millionEllis County: 625.8 USD millionEllsworth County: 88.5 USD millionFinney County: 733.7 USD millionFord County: 682.6 USD millionFranklin County: 392.3 USD millionGeary County: 1,631.6 USD millionGove County: 42.7 USD millionGraham County: 37.2 USD millionGrant County: 161.5 USD millionGray County: 118.3 USD millionGreeley County: 25.2 USD millionGreenwood County: 57.4 USD millionHamilton County: 38.8 USD millionHarper County: 99.4 USD millionHarvey County: 582.5 USD millionHaskell County: 72.9 USD millionHodgeman County: 19.5 USD millionJackson County: 145.6 USD millionJefferson County: 147.8 USD millionJewell County: 25.2 USD millionJohnson County: 19,973.2 USD millionKearny County: 55.6 USD millionKingman County: 94.6 USD millionKiowa County: 47.3 USD millionLabette County: 373.1 USD millionLane County: 27.7 USD millionLeavenworth County: 1,402.3 USD millionLincoln County: 31.6 USD millionLinn County: 97.9 USD millionLogan County: 46.8 USD millionLyon County: 540.3 USD millionMcPherson County: 733.5 USD millionMarion County: 120.8 USD millionMarshall County: 212.4 USD millionMeade County: 67.2 USD millionMiami County: 321.2 USD millionMitchell County: 123.6 USD millionMontgomery County: 610.5 USD millionMorris County: 50.1 USD millionMorton County: 45.7 USD millionNemaha County: 192.8 USD millionNeosho County: 225.7 USD millionNess County: 50.9 USD millionNorton County: 96 USD millionOsage County: 91.6 USD millionOsborne County: 47.5 USD millionOttawa County: 46.1 USD millionPawnee County: 115.9 USD millionPhillips County: 91.4 USD millionPottawatomie County: 389.7 USD millionPratt County: 183 USD millionRawlins County: 36.8 USD millionReno County: 1,048.6 USD millionRepublic County: 64.1 USD millionRice County: 148.9 USD millionRiley County: 1,224.6 USD millionRooks County: 76.2 USD millionRush County: 41.3 USD millionRussell County: 106.6 USD millionSaline County: 1,209.1 USD millionScott County: 83.3 USD millionSedgwick County: 12,570.6 USD millionSeward County: 445.7 USD millionShawnee County: 4,633.7 USD millionSheridan County: 40.6 USD millionSherman County: 93.1 USD millionSmith County: 41.9 USD millionStafford County: 44.1 USD millionStanton County: 34.2 USD millionStevens County: 98.8 USD millionSumner County: 264.8 USD millionThomas County: 149.5 USD millionTrego County: 47.7 USD millionWabaunsee County: 44.7 USD millionWallace County: 22 USD millionWashington County: 61.9 USD millionWichita County: 31 USD millionWilson County: 131.7 USD millionWoodson County: 21.4 USD millionWyandotte County: 4,927.1 USD million
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USD million, 2015. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2015

Johnson County: 19,973.2 USD millionJohnson County19,973.2Sedgwick County: 12,570.6 USD millionSedgwick County12,570.6Wyandotte County: 4,927.1 USD millionWyandotte County4,927.1Shawnee County: 4,633.7 USD millionShawnee County4,633.7Douglas County: 1,977.4 USD millionDouglas County1,977.4Geary County: 1,631.6 USD millionGeary County1,631.6Leavenworth County: 1,402.3 USD millionLeavenworth County1,402.3Riley County: 1,224.6 USD millionRiley County1,224.6Saline County: 1,209.1 USD millionSaline County1,209.1Reno County: 1,048.6 USD millionReno County1,048.6Butler County: 762.1 USD millionButler County762.1Finney County: 733.7 USD millionFinney County733.7McPherson County: 733.5 USD millionMcPherson County733.5Ford County: 682.6 USD millionFord County682.6Crawford County: 630.1 USD millionCrawford County630.1Ellis County: 625.8 USD millionEllis County625.8Montgomery County: 610.5 USD millionMontgomery County610.5Harvey County: 582.5 USD millionHarvey County582.5Cowley County: 563 USD millionCowley County563Lyon County: 540.3 USD millionLyon County540.3Barton County: 501.9 USD millionBarton County501.9Seward County: 445.7 USD millionSeward County445.7Franklin County: 392.3 USD millionFranklin County392.3Pottawatomie County: 389.7 USD millionPottawatomie County389.7Labette County: 373.1 USD millionLabette County373.1Miami County: 321.2 USD millionMiami County321.2Sumner County: 264.8 USD millionSumner County264.8Coffey County: 263.9 USD millionCoffey County263.9Bourbon County: 247.7 USD millionBourbon County247.7Cherokee County: 243.7 USD millionCherokee County243.7Dickinson County: 238.6 USD millionDickinson County238.6Atchison County: 236 USD millionAtchison County236Neosho County: 225.7 USD millionNeosho County225.7Marshall County: 212.4 USD millionMarshall County212.4Brown County: 211 USD millionBrown County211Allen County: 206.3 USD millionAllen County206.3Nemaha County: 192.8 USD millionNemaha County192.8Pratt County: 183 USD millionPratt County183Grant County: 161.5 USD millionGrant County161.5Thomas County: 149.5 USD millionThomas County149.5Johnson County: 19,973.2 USD millionJohnson County19,973.2Sedgwick County: 12,570.6 USD millionSedgwick County12,570.6Wyandotte County: 4,927.1 USD millionWyandotte County4,927.1Shawnee County: 4,633.7 USD millionShawnee County4,633.7Douglas County: 1,977.4 USD millionDouglas County1,977.4Geary County: 1,631.6 USD millionGeary County1,631.6Leavenworth County: 1,402.3 USD millionLeavenworth County1,402.3Riley County: 1,224.6 USD millionRiley County1,224.6Saline County: 1,209.1 USD millionSaline County1,209.1Reno County: 1,048.6 USD millionReno County1,048.6Butler County: 762.1 USD millionButler County762.1Finney County: 733.7 USD millionFinney County733.7McPherson County: 733.5 USD millionMcPherson County733.5Ford County: 682.6 USD millionFord County682.6Crawford County: 630.1 USD millionCrawford County630.1Ellis County: 625.8 USD millionEllis County625.8Montgomery County: 610.5 USD millionMontgomery County610.5Harvey County: 582.5 USD millionHarvey County582.5Cowley County: 563 USD millionCowley County563Lyon County: 540.3 USD millionLyon County540.3Barton County: 501.9 USD millionBarton County501.9Seward County: 445.7 USD millionSeward County445.7Franklin County: 392.3 USD millionFranklin County392.3Pottawatomie County: 389.7 USD millionPottawatomie County389.7Labette County: 373.1 USD millionLabette County373.1Miami County: 321.2 USD millionMiami County321.2Sumner County: 264.8 USD millionSumner County264.8Coffey County: 263.9 USD millionCoffey County263.9Bourbon County: 247.7 USD millionBourbon County247.7Cherokee County: 243.7 USD millionCherokee County243.7Dickinson County: 238.6 USD millionDickinson County238.6Atchison County: 236 USD millionAtchison County236Neosho County: 225.7 USD millionNeosho County225.7Marshall County: 212.4 USD millionMarshall County212.4Brown County: 211 USD millionBrown County211Allen County: 206.3 USD millionAllen County206.3Nemaha County: 192.8 USD millionNemaha County192.8Pratt County: 183 USD millionPratt County183Grant County: 161.5 USD millionGrant County161.5Thomas County: 149.5 USD millionThomas County149.5
USD million. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015
USD million
Change on 2014
1Johnson County19,973.2+5.8%
2Sedgwick County12,570.6+3.3%
3Wyandotte County4,927.1+7%
4Shawnee County4,633.7+2%
5Douglas County1,977.4+4.5%
6Geary County1,631.6+1.6%
7Leavenworth County1,402.3+1.3%
8Riley County1,224.6+4.2%
9Saline County1,209.1+4.8%
10Reno County1,048.6+2%
11Butler County762.1+6.4%
12Finney County733.7+1%
13McPherson County733.5+10.5%
14Ford County682.6+4.1%
15Crawford County630.1+3%
16Ellis County625.8-1.3%
17Montgomery County610.5-6%
18Harvey County582.5+3.3%
19Cowley County563+3.1%
20Lyon County540.3+6.1%
21Barton County501.9-11.4%
22Seward County445.7-9.2%
23Franklin County392.3+3%
24Pottawatomie County389.7+3.9%
25Labette County373.1+3.5%
26Miami County321.2+3.8%
27Sumner County264.8+2.6%
28Coffey County263.9-3.1%
29Bourbon County247.7+3.6%
30Cherokee County243.7+4.7%
31Dickinson County238.6-0.8%
32Atchison County236+0.2%
33Neosho County225.7-2.7%
34Marshall County212.4-0.4%
35Brown County211+1.9%
36Allen County206.3+0.1%
37Nemaha County192.8-1.4%
38Pratt County183-6.1%
39Grant County161.5+1.8%
40Thomas County149.5+2.4%
41Rice County148.9+1.1%
42Jefferson County147.8+4.6%
43Jackson County145.6+2.4%
44Wilson County131.7-3.7%
45Mitchell County123.6-2.1%
46Marion County120.8+1.9%
47Gray County118.3+5.3%
48Pawnee County115.9-5.1%
49Cloud County113.6+2.3%
50Russell County106.6-5.6%
51Clay County105.6+0.1%
52Harper County99.4-0.4%
53Stevens County98.8-10.9%
54Linn County97.9+3%
55Norton County96-1.6%
56Kingman County94.6-2.3%
57Sherman County93.1+4.4%
58Osage County91.6+2.1%
59Phillips County91.4+3.4%
60Ellsworth County88.5-26.1%
61Doniphan County88.4+4.7%
62Scott County83.3-0.6%
63Rooks County76.2-3.5%
64Haskell County72.9-0.9%
65Anderson County70.4+0.5%
66Meade County67.2+1.5%
67Barber County64.5-4.2%
68Republic County64.1+1.8%
69Washington County61.9+1.5%
70Greenwood County57.4-3.6%
71Kearny County55.6+3.9%
72Edwards County52.2+31.3%
73Ness County50.9-11.8%
74Morris County50.1+0.3%
75Trego County47.70%
76Osborne County47.5+6.4%
77Kiowa County47.3+28.4%
78Logan County46.8+2.5%
79Ottawa County46.1+0.5%
80Morton County45.7-7.6%
81Wabaunsee County44.7+2.9%
82Stafford County44.1+1.4%
83Gove County42.7+3.4%
84Smith County41.9-2.7%
85Rush County41.3-5%
86Sheridan County40.6+0.8%
87Hamilton County38.8-1.4%
88Graham County37.2-10.5%
89Rawlins County36.8+4.7%
90Stanton County34.2+1.7%
91Lincoln County31.6+4.5%
92Wichita County31-1.4%
93Cheyenne County30.9+3.9%
94Chase County30.6+5.2%
95Decatur County28.9-1.4%
96Clark County27.7+1.1%
97Lane County27.7-2.9%
98Chautauqua County25.9+1.6%
99Jewell County25.2-0.1%
100Greeley County25.2+3.5%
101Wallace County22-2.9%
102Woodson County21.4+0.1%
103Comanche County21+4.3%
104Elk County20.1+2.5%
105Hodgeman County19.5+1.7%

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Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.

Counted where the jobs are, not where the workers live, so places with many commuters coming in can pay more in wages than their residents receive in personal income (the District of Columbia does). Excludes employer contributions to pensions, insurance and social security, and the income of the self-employed.

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

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Which county has the highest wages and salaries paid?

Johnson County, with $19.97 billion in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest wages and salaries paid?

Hodgeman County, with $19.51 million in 2015.

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