This Kansas City organization is ranked as a top employer in both Kansas and Missouri
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Esteemed business magazine Forbes released its 2024 employer rankings Tuesday, identifying the best companies to work for in each of the 50 states.
To determine the top employers of the year, the publication partnered with the marketing research firm Statista to survey more than 160,000 employees across the country. They gave their feedback on their own current and past employers, including their job satisfaction and opportunities for growth.
The results, which only include companies with more than 500 employees, rank 30 employers in Kansas and 75 in Missouri for employee satisfaction and retention. Surprisingly, the same employer made the top spot in both states’ lists. Here’s a closer look at the results.
Who is the top employer in Missouri and Kansas?
The highest-ranked employer on both states’ lists is The University of Kansas Health System, which has clinic and hospital locations around the metro area. Headed by CEO Bob Page, the hospital is an independent nonprofit that receives no state or local funding and employs nearly 14,000 people.
The main hospital, which serves as its headquarters, it located right along State Line Road in Kansas City, Kansas.
The hospital is affiliated with the University of Kansas Medical Center, which is the university’s medical school. Many doctors and experts from the health system also teach at the medical school, and the close ties between the two allow medical students and residents to get hands-on experience in a professional health care setting.
What industries and employers ranked highest in Missouri?
The top employers in Missouri represented a mix of industries and combined local employers with large national corporations headquartered elsewhere in the U.S.
The top five large employers on Missouri’s list were:
The University of Kansas Health System
Merck & Co, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in New Jersey
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield — not to be confused with St. Luke’s Health System in Kansas City, which ranked 17th on Missouri’s list
Veterans United Home Loans in Columbia
Hospitals and health care systems are plentiful among the top employers on Missouri’s list. Others from the top 20 include BJC Healthcare in St. Louis, North Kansas City Hospital, St. Luke’s Health System in Kansas City, the Saint Francis Health System and University of Missouri Health Care.
What industries and employers ranked highest in Kansas?
Large national corporations and a few government employers dominated Kansas’ highest ranked companies to work for.
The top five large employers in Kansas are:
The University of Kansas Health System
Garmin, the electronics giant headquartered in Olathe
Bank of America, headquartered in North Carolina
Cargill, headquartered in Minnesota
T-Mobile has large corporate campus in Overland Park but is officially headquartered in Washington state. The company acquired many KC area employees when it merged with Sprint in 2020.
While none of them made the top five, many local educational employers are ranked highly in Kansas. Among the top 20 places to work are Kansas State University, Olathe Public Schools, the Shawnee Mission School District and Blue Valley Schools.
All of those K-12 school districts are in the Kansas City suburbs, while Kansas State University is located in Manhattan, Kansas.
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This story was originally published August 22, 2024 at 12:56 PM.
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