Metro area · MO
Kansas City, MO
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 84 employers in the Kansas City, MO metro.
- 84
- Employers
- $105,997
- Median H-1B wage
- 412
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Kansas City, MO, MO aggregates 84 tracked employers at a $105,997 median H-1B wage and 412 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Public Administration and Healthcare & Social Assistance.
- 84
- employers
- $105,997
- median H-1B wage
- 412
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
What the data says about this metro
Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.
Kansas City, MO, MO aggregates 84 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $105,997, with hiring concentrated in Public Administration, Healthcare & Social Assistance, Construction. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC., INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, and HRB Professional Resources, LLC, together 105 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.
Employer mix in Kansas City, MO
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
28 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 7
Healthcare & Social Assistance
7 employers
- Manufacturing 6
Manufacturing
6 employers
- Educational Services 5
Educational Services
5 employers
- Finance & Insurance 4
Finance & Insurance
4 employers
- Administrative & Waste Ser… 3
Administrative & Waste Services
3 employers
- Transportation & Warehousing 3
Transportation & Warehousing
3 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Kansas City, MO, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Kansas City, MO
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 46 | $109,877 |
| 2 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services | 32 | $100,469 |
| 3 | HRB Professional Resources, LLC Professional & Technical Services | 27 | $130,637 |
| 4 | KEYPIXEL SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LLC Professional & Technical Services | 23 | $101,431 |
| 5 | Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 20 | $94,926 |
| 6 | Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Services Company, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 17 | $119,196 |
| 7 | Imetris Corporation Professional & Technical Services | 13 | $113,006 |
| 8 | Stowers Institute for Medical Research Professional & Technical Services | 13 | $56,775 |
| 9 | The Curators of the University of Missouri/University of Missouri-Kansas City Educational Services | 13 | $85,509 |
| 10 | UMB Bank NA Finance & Insurance | 12 | $124,376 |
| 11 | Bayer CropScience LP Professional & Technical Services | 11 | $135,814 |
| 12 | The Children's Mercy Hospital Healthcare & Social Assistance | 11 | $109,835 |
| 13 | RACEDOG LIMITED Professional & Technical Services | 11 | $98,027 |
| 14 | Kansas City Southern Railway Company Transportation & Warehousing | 10 | $127,884 |
| 15 | Melaleuca, Inc. Manufacturing | 9 | $104,278 |
| 16 | Adex Medical Staffing LLC Administrative & Waste Services | 8 | $58,310 |
| 17 | Tetra Tech, Inc. Administrative & Waste Services | 7 | $128,247 |
| 18 | SAINT LUKE'S HEALTH SYSTEM Healthcare & Social Assistance | 7 | $204,894 |
| 19 | Lorven Group Inc Professional & Technical Services | 7 | $92,319 |
| 20 | CMFG Life Insurance Company Finance & Insurance | 7 | $115,896 |
| 21 | IQ Spectra Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 6 | $94,583 |
| 22 | School District of Kansas City 33 Educational Services | 6 | $66,632 |
| 23 | Qualizeal Professional & Technical Services | 6 | $118,108 |
| 24 | Numeric Technologies Inc Professional & Technical Services | 5 | $145,000 |
| 25 | Hospitalist Services of Georgia, PC Administrative & Waste Services | 5 | $126,293 |
What this means if you work in Kansas City, MO
Use Kansas City, MO's $105,997 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.
- A same-role H-1B offer well below $105,997 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 84 tracked employers.
- BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
- Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs
Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.