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The Importance of the Health Care Sector to the Kansas Economy
Onasch, Whitney Becker, Thomas
Onasch, Whitney
Becker, Thomas
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The health care sector plays a central role in Kansas’s economy. In 2024, health care industries employed roughly 221,000 Kansans, representing about 11.0 percent of the state’s workforce. These industries also paid approximately $17.2 billion in direct payroll, or 12.2 percent of all payroll statewide.
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This is an update of the 2023 IPSR study, as part of an ongoing project sponsored by the Kansas Hospital Association. The authors thank KHA for the opportunity to work on this project. The research is modeled on previous studies completed by Professor John Leatherman, now retired from Kansas State University. The original methodology and structure of the study was developed by him and was updated and expanded by the IPSR authors.
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2026-01
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Institute for Policy & Social Research
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Ginther, Donna K., Whitney Onasch, Thomas Becker, and Pat Oslund. The Importance of the Health Care Sector to the Kansas Economy, sponsored by the Kansas Hospital Association, January 2026.