[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":327},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Fkansas":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":180,"sources":187,"related":209,"plate":250,"form":261,"scene":262,"path":263,"crumb":21,"ruler":264,"answer":265,"title":266,"h1":266,"description":265,"type":267,"schema":268,"reviewed":271,"crumbs":272,"jsonld":282},3,[6,14,47,65,95,121,147],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"Kansas, by road",[9,12],{"t":10,"text":11},"p","Kansas is a place where i-70 crosses it east to west, and I-35 brings Kansas City and Wichita onto the same north-south line. Pallets here follow I-70, I-35 and I-135, and the distance they travel empty is the cost a nestable cuts.",{"t":10,"text":13},"The counties with the most warehousing jobs are Johnson (6,642), Wyandotte (6,378) and Shawnee (2,074), which is 71.3 percent of the state's 21,158. It shares a land border with Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma and Colorado.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Warehousing in numbers",[17,45],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":44},"table",[20,21,22],"Measure","Kansas","How it is worked out",[24,28,32,36,40],[25,26,27],"Private warehousing and storage jobs","21,158","BLS QCEW, NAICS 493, 2025",[29,30,31],"Share of US jobs in the trade","1.11 percent","21,158 against about 1,901,976 nationwide",[33,34,35],"Establishments","293","BLS QCEW",[37,38,39],"Jobs per establishment","72","21,158 ÷ 293, rounded",[41,42,43],"Gross refrigerated space","46 million cu ft","1.2 percent of the US 3.99 billion","",{"t":10,"text":46},"Refrigerated space matters because a freezer is hard on plastic; the [cold guide](\u002Fguides\u002Fplastic-pallets-in-the-cold) says what to ask for. Kansas held 46 million cubic feet of gross refrigerated warehouse capacity on October 1, 2025.",{"h2":48,"blocks":49},"Reading the numbers",[50],{"t":51,"items":52},"ul",[53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64],"Johnson County has 6,642 warehousing jobs, 31.4 percent of Kansas's 21,158, the most in the state.","Wyandotte County has 6,378 warehousing jobs, 30.1 percent of Kansas's 21,158, 264 fewer than Johnson County.","Shawnee County has 2,074 warehousing jobs, 9.8 percent of Kansas's 21,158, 4,568 fewer than Johnson County.","Meat and poultry processing employs 19,716 people in Kansas, 0.93 for every warehousing job.","Food manufacturing employs 37,772 people in Kansas, 1.79 for every warehousing job.","Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing employs 4,682 people in Kansas, 0.22 for every warehousing job.","Plastics product manufacturing employs 7,339 people in Kansas, 0.35 for every warehousing job.","Kansas holds 1.11 percent of US warehousing jobs, about one in every 90, spread over 293 establishments averaging 72 jobs each.","Nebraska has 8,246 warehousing jobs, 0.39 times the 21,158 in Kansas.","Missouri has 26,726 warehousing jobs, 1.26 times the 21,158 in Kansas.","Oklahoma has 19,669 warehousing jobs, 0.93 times the 21,158 in Kansas.","Colorado has 24,541 warehousing jobs, 1.16 times the 21,158 in Kansas.",{"h2":66,"blocks":67},"Who ships pallets here",[68,91,93],{"t":18,"head":69,"rows":73,"caption":90},[70,71,72],"Industry","Private jobs, 2025","Jobs per warehousing job",[74,78,82,86],[75,76,77],"Meat and poultry processing","19,716","0.93",[79,80,81],"Food manufacturing","37,772","1.79",[83,84,85],"Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing","4,682","0.22",[87,88,89],"Plastics product manufacturing","7,339","0.35","Jobs: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025; where counties are withheld the figure is partial.",{"t":10,"text":92},"In Kansas, meat and poultry processing employs 19,716. Processing floors are wet, so open decks that drain and shed water matter, and so does a maker's cleaning guidance. It tends to lean on a washable nestable or stackable that drains, usually in 48 x 40 in, and to ask about whether the deck drains and how the maker says to clean it.",{"t":10,"text":94},"Meat and poultry processing is the trade where Kansas is most concentrated, at 4 times the national share of employment. A buyer in that trade will tend to ask the questions in the last column first.",{"h2":96,"blocks":97},"The empty return",[98,100],{"t":10,"text":99},"An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 293 warehouse establishments in Kansas sent back 800 empty pallets in a week, that would be 234,400 pallets. The table counts the 53 ft trailers that takes at three makers' published nestable figures, beside the 540 per trailer of a rackable.",{"t":18,"head":101,"rows":106,"caption":120},[102,103,104,105],"Model","Per trailer","Trailers per week","Rackable trailers",[107,112,116],[108,109,110,111],"Nelson Company Nestable, stackable, rackable","1,800","131","435",[113,114,115,111],"PHS Plastic EXP 116 nestable","1,260","187",[117,118,119,111],"Rehrig Pacific Heavy-duty nestable","1,200","196","Trailers = pallets ÷ per-trailer figure, rounded up. Maker-published figures for named 48 x 40 in models.",{"h2":122,"blocks":123},"Next door",[124],{"t":18,"head":125,"rows":129,"caption":146},[126,127,128],"Neighbouring state","Warehousing jobs","Share of US",[130,134,138,142],[131,132,133],"[Nebraska](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Fnebraska)","8,246","0.43 percent",[135,136,137],"[Missouri](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Fmissouri)","26,726","1.41 percent",[139,140,141],"[Oklahoma](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Foklahoma)","19,669","1.03 percent",[143,144,145],"[Colorado](\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Fcolorado)","24,541","1.29 percent","BLS QCEW 2025.",{"h2":148,"blocks":149},"Words on this page",[150],{"t":151,"rows":152},"dl",[153,156,159,162,165,168,171,174,177],[154,155],"ZIP Code Business Patterns","A Census Bureau series that counts establishments by ZIP code and industry.",[157,158],"Stretch wrap","Elastic film wound around a loaded pallet to hold the load together.",[160,161],"Drayage","The short haul of a container between a port or rail ramp and a warehouse.",[163,164],"3PL","A third-party logistics company that stores and ships goods for other businesses.",[166,167],"Nest increment","The extra height each additional empty pallet adds to a nested stack, measured in inches. 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