Economy of Kansas City

[1] It has a number of large national and international companies, including these: Other major regional and national non-corporate employers headquartered and/or located in Kansas City include: The federal government is the largest employer in Kansas City.

In the wider metropolitan area, the federal government, either directly or through contracts, employs 41,500 people.

[2] The largest federal agencies in the Kansas City area by number of permanent employees are these: The U.S.

Employees in these positions cannot earn competitive status or reinstatement rights for traditional federal employment.

Two of the most prominent are the Kansas City Business Journal (weekly),[3] and Ingram's Magazine (monthly).