Kansas City Data

The KC region is composed of five counties, and contains Missouri’s second largest metro area.  The region is home to barbecue, the Negro Leagues Museum, baseball’s Royals and football’s Chiefs.  Top industries include retail trade, construction, professional and technical services, food services and commercial printing such as Hallmark. The regional average wage was $851 per week in the 1st Quarter of 2009.

Consumer Price Index Population, Income and State Revenue Local Area Unemployment Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Occupational Employment Statistics High Growth Occupational Projections

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Two-Year U.S. Consumer Price Index(CPI)
2008	2007	Percent Difference
215.303	207.342	3.8%

(1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted)
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Area	Population 2008	Income 2007		Taxable Sales Revenue 2nd Quarter 2009
		Total Personal Income	Per Capita Income
Cass County	98,429	$3,044,885,000	$31,414	$247,867,056
Clay County	215,707	$7,449,838,000	$35,220	$714,465,617
Jackson County	668,417	$24,243,911,000	$36,402	$2,153,337,836
Platte County	85,896	$3,401,536,000	$40,149	$428,506,749
Ray County	23,445	$724,644,000	$30,907	$34,738,530
Kansas City Summary	1,091,894	$38,864,814,000	$35,899	$3,578,915,788

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics September 2009
Area	Civilian Labor Force	Employment	Unemployment	Unemployment Rate
Cass County	50,099	45,232	4,867	9.7%
Clay County	115,484	105,598	9,886	8.6%
Jackson County	337,484	300,563	36,921	10.9%
Platte County	48,192	44,357	3,835	8%
Ray County	11,242	10,307	935	8.3%
Kansas City Summary	562,501	506,057	56,444	10%

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Top 10 High Growth Industries (2-digit sector) 1st Quarter 2009
Industry	Number of Firms	Average Employment	Total Wages	Average Weekly Wage	Percentage Growth from Prior Year
55 - Management of companies and enterprises	235	11,381	$221,317,916	$1,496	7.5%
61 - Educational services	305	6,888	$56,020,716	$626	2.3%
62 - Health care and social assistance	2,145	52,994	$560,833,268	$814	1.7%
72 - Accommodation and food services	1,712	45,644	$174,302,336	$294	-0.3%
54 - Professional and technical services	3,091	34,726	$593,286,437	$1,314	-0.8%
44 - Retail Trade	2,560	54,667	$342,696,115	$482	-1.9%
22 - Utilities	29	2,407	$53,032,780	$1,695	-2.4%
81 - Other services, except public administra	2,806	15,696	$112,884,120	$553	-1.8%
71 - Arts, entertainment, and recreation	303	8,983	$81,996,744	$702	-3.4%
42 - Wholesale trade	1,756	23,073	$311,201,815	$1,038	-3.9%

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Top 10 High Growth Industries (3-digit sub-sector) 1st Quarter 2009
Industry	Number of Firms	Average Employment	Total Wages	Average Weekly Wage	Percentage Growth from Prior Year
315 - Apparel manufacturing	5	128	$864,867	$521	265.7%
515 - Broadcasting (except Internet)	21	1,692	$22,632,345	$1,029	76.6%
213 - Support activities for mining	4	16	$254,242	$1,197	45.5%
492 - Couriers and Messengers	77	1,224	$8,889,223	$558	34.5%
446 - Health and personal care stores	180	4,109	$29,372,866	$550	24.6%
483 - Water transportation	3	6	$103,549	$1,328	20%
486 - Pipeline Transportation	4	49	$1,158,646	$1,807	11.4%
711 - Performing Arts and Spectator Sports	105	2,274	$41,998,972	$1,420	10.7%
814 - Private Households	1,009	852	$3,693,902	$334	8.5%
324 - Petroleum and coal products manufacturin	14	339	$4,965,382	$1,128	7.6%

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Top 10 Occupations by Earnings
Occupation	Employment	Hourly Wage				Annual Wage
		Mean	Median	Entry	Experienced	Mean	Median	Entry	Experienced
291022 - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	NA	$92.93	NA	NA	NA	$193,303	NA	NA	NA
291062 - Family and General Practitioners	730	$90.47	NA	NA	NA	$188,184	NA	NA	NA
291069 - Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	950	$88.92	NA	NA	NA	$184,951	NA	NA	NA
291064 - Obstetricians and Gynecologists	80	$87.35	NA	NA	NA	$181,682	NA	NA	NA
291081 - Podiatrists	NA	$83.71	NA	NA	NA	$174,111	NA	NA	NA
291063 - Internists, General	250	$78.13	NA	NA	NA	$162,509	NA	NA	NA
291021 - Dentists, General	290	$75.63	NA	$34.44	$96.22	$157,308	NA	$71,634	$200,146
111011 - Chief Executives	1,170	$72.36	$69.39	$41.12	$87.98	$150,512	$144,341	$85,539	$182,998
291066 - Psychiatrists	NA	$64.29	$59.8	$54.14	$69.36	$133,717	$124,383	$112,617	$144,267
192012 - Physicists	20	$60.56	$59.79	$38.82	$71.42	$125,956	$124,363	$80,753	$148,557

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Top 10 Occupations by Projected Growth
Occupation	Employment		Change		Annual Average Openings	Outlook
	Estimated 2006	Projected 2016	Numeric	Percent
291131 - Veterinarians	389	538	149	38.3%	23	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
172081 - Environmental Engineers	320	435	115	35.9%	21	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
192041 - Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Includin	178	232	54	30.3%	10	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
151061 - Database Administrators	653	833	180	27.6%	25	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
273091 - Interpreters and Translators	160	204	44	27.5%	8	54 - Above Average B+
172112 - Industrial Engineers	607	770	163	26.9%	31	53 - Well Above Avg. A-
413011 - Advertising Sales Agents	881	1,115	234	26.6%	38	52 - Well Above Average A
171022 - Surveyors	271	338	67	24.7%	15	54 - Above Average B+
274011 - Audio and Video Equipment Technicians	205	252	47	22.9%	12	54 - Above Average B+
152031 - Operations Research Analysts	267	328	61	22.8%	11	53 - Well Above Avg. A-

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Consumer Price Index by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); all other tables produced by MERIC in cooperation with BLS.