$8.2BGDP From Information Technology Sector
643High-Tech Sector Workers Per Billion of GSP
9%High-Tech Share of Total Workforce
The tech industry bolsters Kansas’ economy, with over an $8 billion GDP output from the information technology sector. An impressive nine percent of the state’s workers are employed by the technology industry and the state ranks 2nd in the nation for share of power produced by renewable energy technology. The Kansas City, MO-KS metro area also ranks 14th in highest number of tech jobs per capita of any large metropolitan area.