State overview · KS · Census CBP 2023
Kansas Industry Benchmarks
Employment, establishments, and payroll for 755 industries in Kansas. Drill into any industry for a Kansas-specific view, then cross-reference the national page for margins.
- 1.2M
- Workers
- 76K
- Establishments
- 755
- Industries tracked
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · Kansas
Kansas employs 1,248,825 workers across 755 tracked industries, led by General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (57,406 workers) among the 328 detailed industries with published employment.
No single sector dominates Kansas (lead 16%; top-three 41%). Margins stay on national industry pages.
Kansas sector employment mix
Share of private-sector employment by NAICS-2 sector (Census CBP 2023). Tile area = workers.
Kansas spreads employment across sectors: the largest, Health Care and Social Assistance, is only 16% of 1,248,825 private-sector workers (about the 35th percentile of states by employment). No single NAICS-2 block dominates the private labor market here.
| Sector | Workers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance (62) | 197,779 | 16% |
| Manufacturing (31) | 170,492 | 14% |
| Retail Trade (44) | 144,418 | 12% |
| Top-three cumulative 41% - no single NAICS-2 block dominates. | ||
Profit margins are national (IRS SOI); open any industry row below, then the matching national industry page for profitability.
Census CBP firm roll
County Business Patterns KS DISTRIBUTED · CBP
#33/51 · 1,248,825 workers · 76,139 firms
- EMP 1,248,825
- EST 76,139
- RANK #33/51
- PCT 35th pct
- LEAD Health Care and Soci…
- SHARE 16% lead
- BAND distributed
- DENS 16.4 /firm
- BOOK 755 NAICS
- PHOTO Nevada
Nearest employment-scale peer: Nevada (1,298,196 workers)
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Kansas ranks #33 of 51 states and territories by total private-sector employment (level-2 sector totals, the same non-double-counted aggregate shown above). Margins stay on national industry pages (IRS SOI). Read with this state → · Lead 6-digit industry →
KS in the employment-scale neighbourhood
Top Industries by Employment
Not ranked: 389 of 717 detailed industries have no published employment figure. Census County Business Patterns applies 2% or more noise to those cells, and PlainBizBench publishes only low-noise figures rather than estimating. Portfolio Management (606), Offices of Chiropractors (586), All Other General Merchandise Stores (507) and 22 more report more establishments than General Medical and Surgical Hospitals, so General Medical and Surgical Hospitals leads only among the 328 detailed industries with published employment. How we handle withheld data.
Breadth peers near Kansas's private employment
Nearest other states by Census CBP level-2 private employment (1,248,825 in Kansas), excluding KS.
Source: Census Bureau County Business Patterns (CBP) 2023 · KS
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