Employment
Wichita and Sedgwick County have the country’ second-highest concentration of manufacturing and skilled labor jobs due to a large extent to the manufacturing firms in the area using high technology design and production methods. Consistent with its history, Wichita also has the highest concentration of aircraft and aircraft parts manufacturing employment skills in the nation.
Wichita area manufacturers also utilize precision skills to produce high value-added products such as industrial-commercial machinery, computer equipment, fabricated metal products, instrumentation and controls, photographic equipment, plastic and composite products, chemicals, petroleum refining equipment and electronic equipment. Employers in Wichita include Bombadier, Boeing, Cessna, Coleman, Koch Industries, McConnell Air Force Base, Raytheon, Ultimate Electronics, Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Gart’s Sports and Ted’s Montana Grill.