About KC Tech Specs
Since 2017, the KC Tech Council has released KC Tech Specs, a report capturing data and analysis around Kansas City’s tech industry. The report is designed to give the tech community, businesses, educators, lawmakers, civic leaders and students a consolidated, data-driven resource to find information about our region’s tech landscape. Data sources are cited on every page and feature a compilation of relevant statistics from KC Tech Council’s partners such as CompTIA and JobsEQ.
Tech enterprises rely on data to inform and drive business decisions every day. As the voice of Kansas City’s tech industry, we are proud to elevate the data within KC Tech Specs to help us collectively find the opportunities to leverage our strengths, improve our deficiencies and grow together as a tech hub of the future.
V.07 Report Highlights
Density is a major strength of Kansas City's tech industry. KC has more tech workers per capita than cities like Houston, Charlotte, Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis.
KC's tech workforce grew 16% from 2021 - 2023. The momentum of tech workforce growth ranks Kansas City #6 across the U.S., alongside established tech hubs like Silicon Valley, Boston, Los Angeles and NYC.
Regional demand for cybersecurity professionals has surged 85% since 2021.
Tech jobs were still added to the region, though tech job postings experienced a decline both in Kansas City and nationally. However, Kansas City's decline year-over-year was more moderate than the national decline.
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