Industry in Kansas City, Missouri

Hallmark Cards was founded in Kansas City in 1910 by the Hall family, and is the city's fourth largest employer, supplying work for 6,900 employees. The largest employer in the city is the federal government, with 29,452 employees. Other major employers are Sprint Corporation (9,300 employees), the State Of Missouri (8,987), and A T & T (6,200). Based on the area of work, the trade, transportation and utilities sector holds the most workers, with 202,200 employees, overtaking the next highest sector (government), which has only 143,900.

The median income for a household in Kansas City is $37,198, with an unemployment rate of 5.7% in February of 2005.