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Salina, KS

Salina, KS is a Manufacturing-heavy labor market: 7 tracked employers at a $72,862 median H-1B wage across 55 LCAs.

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7
Employers
$72,862
Median H-1B wage
55
H-1B filings

Salina, KS: 7 tracked employers at a $72,862 median H-1B wage across 55 LCAs; Manufacturing leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Salina, KS (KS), PlainEmployers rolls up 7 employers at a $72,862 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 7 employers
  • $72,862 median H-1B
  • 55 H-1B LCAs

Where Salina, KS's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$72,862 Top 92% higher than 8% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). This entry sits in this band. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Salina, KS $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Salina, KS (7 employers) sits beside Overland Park, KS, Wichita, KS, Lenexa, KS in KS's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Salina, KS ranks #1289 of 6906 by employer count (about the 79th percentile).

Overland Park, KS 125 Wichita, KS 61 Lenexa, KS 24 Kansas City, KS 22 Topeka, KS 18 Olathe, KS 18
Top industries ManufacturingAdministrative & Waste ServicesEducational ServicesHealthcare & Social Assistance

What the data says about Salina, KS

Corpus placement: Salina, KS ranks #1289 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 79th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Manufacturing leads with 3 of 7 tracked employers (~43%); next sectors in the mix are Administrative & Waste Services and Educational Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Kansas State University, Gateway Health Technologies, Inc., and Stryten Energy LLC (45 filings combined, ~82% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Salina, KS: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

Headline sponsors: Kansas State University, Gateway Health Technologies, Inc., and Stryten Energy LLC, together 45 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Salina, KS reads as a concentrated labor market: Manufacturing alone covers about 43% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Kansas State University plus Gateway Health Technologies, Inc. account for about 82% of Salina, KS's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are currently mapped to employers with a worksite in Salina, KS in this corpus, a cleaner local stability read than metros where large sponsors have filed reductions.

Within KS, Salina, KS is smaller than peers such as Overland Park, KS (125 employers); Wichita, KS (61 employers); Lenexa, KS (24 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

Top employers in Salina, KS

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Kansas State UniversityEducational Services35$53,227
2Gateway Health Technologies, Inc.Administrative & Waste Services5$70,658
3Stryten Energy LLCManufacturing5$87,166
4Salina Regional Health CenterHealthcare & Social Assistance5$75,608
5Great Plains Manufacturing IncorporatedManufacturing2$98,750
6Schwan's Shared Services, LLC2$102,700
7SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.Manufacturing1$141,814
Sources, citation, and related links for Salina, KS

Disclaimer: The Salina, KS overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Salina, KS from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.