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Overland Park is the largest city in Johnson County and one of the strongest employment centers in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its workforce is widely regarded as one of the strongest in the Midwest: highly educated, diversified across professional services, health care, finance, technology and education, and supported by significant regional employers and higher-education institutions. These factors continue to make the city an attractive location for business investment and job growth.

Workforce strengths include:

  • Highly educated labor pool.
  • Strong pipeline from educational institutions.
  • Access to the broader Kansas City metropolitan labor market.
  • Growing emphasis on talent attraction, retention, and workforce alignment through the Chamber’s Opportunity NOW initiative.
Top Employers

15 Major Private Employers (2025)

Company Name Local FT Employees* Industry Type
HCA Midwest Health 5,000 Hospitals/Health Clinics/Medical Services
University of Kansas Health System 4,000 Hospitals/Health Clinics/Medical Services
T-Mobile 3,825** Telecommunications
UnitedHealth Group 3,000 Health/Pharmacy Plans
Wal-Mart 2,850 Retail & E-Commerce
AdventHealth 2,800** Hospitals/Health Clinics/Medical Services
Shamrock Trading Corp. 2,355** Transportation Services
Black & Veatch 2,200** Engineering Services
Quest Diagnostics 2,200 Testing Laboratories
Hy-Vee Food Stores 1,600 Grocery Stores
SelectQuote 1,200 Insurance Services
Netsmart 1,075 Information Technology
IQVIA Holdings Inc. 905*** Life Sciences/Analytics
Cerris (formerly MMC Corp.) 789*** Construction Services
WellSky 740** Healthcare Technology/Software

Major Public Employers (2025)

Employer Name Local FT Employees* Industry Type
Blue Valley School District 3,363** K-12 Education
Johnson County Community College 1,389** Community College
City of Overland Park 1,083** Government

*Full-time employee counts are general estimates only. Source: County Economic Research Institute (CERI), Johnson County Major Employers 2025
** Exact FTE counts are self-reported by the employers as of November 2025
*** 2024 figure, City of Overland Park Annual Comprehensive Financial Report; 2025 update pending

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Local Labor Force

Local Labor Force (April 2026)

City Labor Force   Employed   Unemployed   Unemployment Rate  
Overland Park 118,824 114,973 3,851 3.2%
Johnson County 364,556 353,084 11,472 3.1%
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 1,219,506 1,178,842 40,644 3.3%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Local Area Unemployment Statistics, April 2026, not seasonally adjusted

Overland Park Employment by Industry

Overland Park Employment by Industry (2025)


Industry		 Estimated
Employment Count		 Estimated
% of the Total		 Annual % Growth
Health Care and Social Assistance 23,915 16.9% 0.7%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 22,614 15.9% 0.7%
Finance and Insurance 14,051 9.9% 0.3%
Retail Trade 13,190 9.3% -0.3%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 11,491 8.1% 0.1%
Accommodation and Food Services 11,951 8.4% 0.2%
Educational Services 8,674 6.1% -0.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 5,484 3.9% 0.4%
Other Services (Except Public Administration) 5,559 3.9% 0.3%
Wholesale Trade 4,916 3.5% 0.2%
Remaining Component Industries 20,0721 14.1% 2.9%
Total - All Industries 141,916 - 0.3%

Source: JobsEQ, 2025Q4
Industry employment are as of 2025Q4 and are based upon BLS QCEW data. All data based upon a four-quarter moving average, imputed by Chmura JobsEQ.

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