Most Vacant Occupations Local Area Highlights

Top Five Most Vacant Occupations Job Vacancy Rate and Average
Statewide Wage Offer
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
8% $14.87 $16 Labor Market Information Services
$14.36
Hand Laborers,
Freight/Stock/ $8.44 2,049 $12.98 $13.26
Mat Movers $11.81 $12.09
6% $12
$12.65
Registered
$19.84 2,012 $11.62 $11.19 $11.31
Nurses
$10.30 $10.51
4% 4.7% $8
Heavy/Tractor- 3.9 3.9%
Trailer Truck $15.17 1,902 3.6% 3.6%
Drivers 3.0%
Nursing Aides/
2% $4
Orderlies/ $8.27 1,802
Attendants

0% $0
Retail I II III IV V KS
Salespersons $7.60 1,385
Local Areas

$0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25

Job Vacancy Rate
# of Vacancies Average Minimum Wage Offer Avg Min Wage Offer Avg Max Wage Offer

The Top Five Most Vacant Occupations: The State of Kansas is divided into five
Local Areas for purposes of workforce
• Represent almost 20 percent of all job development. Do you want more
vacancies in Kansas.
information about job vacancies in each
• Include two health care occupations.
Local Area or to find out what
counties are in each Local Area?
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• Include two occupations that pay an Read the complete Job Vacancies in
average starting wage of more than
$12.00 an hour.
Kansas publication, available on the
KDOL Web site.
Job Vacancies
in Kansas
DID YOU KNOW? The statewide job vacancy rate is 3.6 percent, or more than 2006
3 1/2 job vacancies for every 100 filled positions.
DID YOU KNOW? There were
47,911 job vacancies in Kansas
For further information, please contact Dorothy D. Stites, Director, Labor Market Information Services, during the second quarter of
Kansas Department of Labor, 401 S.W. Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, KS 66603-3182 2006.
Phone: 785-296-5058 • Web site: www.dol.ks.gov • E-mail: Dorothy.Stites@dol.ks.gov
K-R&I- P 441 (1- 07)
 Education Requirements Starting Wage Offer Employee Benefits

Statewide Job Vacancies Statewide Job Vacancies Statewide Job Vacancies

Percent of Vacancies by Education Percent of Vacancies by Benefits Offered by Size of Employer
Requirement Minimum Hourly Wage Offer
Retirement
100% $22.62 $25 $20.00 + 7%
$19.31
80% $17.71 $20 $18.00-$19.99 3% Paid
$13.12 Vacation
60% $15
$16.00-$17.99 5%
$9.40
40% $8.66 $10 Paid
$14.00-$15.99 4% Sick Leave
20% $5
$12.00-$13.99 8% Health
0% $0 Insurance
$10.00-$11.99 13%
Training
Vocational
Diploma
High School

Degree
Advanced
Requirement
No Education

Bachelor's
Associate's

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

$8.00-$9.99 20%
All Job Vacancies
$6.00-$7.99 18%
4 employees or less
< $6.00 7% 5 to 49 employees
50 to 249 employees
% of Vacancies Average Minimum Wage Offer 0% 10% 20% 30% 250 employees or more

• Higher education earns a job seeker • The average minimum starting wage • The results generally indicate that
higher wages. offer for all job vacancies across larger employers are more likely to
Kansas is $11.31 an hour. offer benefits. Paid vacation leave is
• 12 percent of the job openings the most popular benefit offered for
reported across the state do not require • The median minimum starting wage both full-time and part-time positions
any specific education, license, offer for all openings is $9.17 an hour. open-for-hire across the state.
certificate or work experience, labeling
them as truly entry-level positions. • 27 percent of the job vacancies offer a • Only 20 percent of the openings across
starting wage of at least $12.00 an Kansas do not include any benefit
• 1/3 of the job vacancies in Kansas hour. package.
require a license or certification.

• 60 percent of the positions open-for-hire DID YOU KNOW? During the second quarter of 2006, an average of
require some work experience. 1.3 people were unemployed for every job opening.

Do you want to find out more information about job vacancies in Kansas?
Read the complete Job Vacancies in Kansas publication, available on the KDOL Web site at

http://laborstats.dol.ks.gov/reports/jvs2006/jvs2006.htm